Reuters, Istanbul :
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday an Israeli law declaring that only Jews have the right of self determination legitimizes oppression and shows that Israel is a fascist and racist country.
In a speech to ruling AK Party lawmakers, Erdogan also said Israel had shown itself to be a “terror state” by attacking Palestinians with tanks and artillery and that the spirit of Adolf Hitler had re-emerged among some Israeli administrators.
Meanwhile, President Tayyip Erdogan pledged on Tuesday to continue security operations along all of Turkey’s borders until security threats are completely removed, adding no one had the right to criticise a new anti-terrorism law the government is drafting.
Emergency rule, put in place following a July 2016 coup attempt, expired last week. Opponents say the government’s new anti-terrorism bill, now being debated in parliament, will give Erdogan with sweeping security powers.
Since the failed coup, more than 150,000 civil servants have been purged and 77,000 people have been charged in a crackdown criticised by rights groups. Turkey has also launched cross-border operations into Syria citing terrorist threats by Kurdish YPG militia.
Erdogan was speaking to members of his ruling AK Party in parliament..
