The trip of the American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to Turkey as well as the new provocative statements of the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan against Israel, are commented by the correspondent of SKAI in Istanbul, Manolis Kostidis.

The American foreign minister who landed yesterday at Ankara airport is expected to meet today, Monday with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, while as Manolis Kostidis comments, it is possible that he will also meet with the Turkish president, despite the fact that he is not in the official program.

The Palestinian issue, the F-16s, Syria and the issue of Sweden are expected to be among the main issues that the two ministers will discuss.

Erdogan: In the Balkans, in the Caucasus, in the Black Sea, everyone is waiting for us and looking for us with their hearts and eyes

At the same time, the Turkish president seems to see himself as the only one who will solve the issue in the Black Sea and that his country will bring calm to the region and stability to the whole world, according to the SKAI correspondent. .

“If peace is to come to the Black Sea, be sure that it will be achieved with us. We will take care of the safety and tranquility of our brothers on our borders in Iraq and Syria. In the Balkans and the Caucasus we will ensure that trust and tranquility prevail From North Africa to South Asia and wherever our brothers and friends live, we will be the ones that hearts and eyes will wait and look for their” Erdogan said in his speech.

“We can become a guarantor country in Gaza, like Greece, Turkey is in Cyprus”

At the same time, in his statements, the Turkish president stated that he has “deleted” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, but not Israel, stressing however that Turkey could become a guarantor country in Gaza.

“We are ready to take on the task and can be a guarantor country. In Cyprus, Greece can be a guarantor country, England can be a guarantor country, and since Turkey is also a guarantor country, why not have a similar structure in Gaza? What could be more natural than Turkey being a guarantor country in Gaza? So we can assume the role of the guarantor country there too” emphasized and added:

“I have no contact at the moment. The commander of MİT, İbrahim Kalin has contacts on the Israeli side. Of course, he also negotiates with Palestine and Hamas. Let me tell you this, Netanyahu is no longer someone we can talk to. We deleted him and threw him away”

Erdogan’s attack on Israel

Nevertheless, the Turkish president launched a new attack on Israel in his speech, characterizing the “massacre” in Gaza that “steals land” and “kills women and children”, according to Manolis Kostidis.

“It is our duty to save our Palestinian brothers from Israeli oppression and stop the massacres taking place in Gaza in front of the eyes of the whole world. It is our duty to demand the word from those who kill the women, the children of the civilians in the lands of Palestine and from the thieves who usurp the lands of the suffering. It is also our responsibility of historical importance.

We have not abandoned our brothers in Gaza, we have not left them and we will not leave them alone and helpless” he said.

End of an era for Kilicdaroglu – He lost the party congress

However, there are also developments inside Turkey since the Kemal Kilicdaroglu was defeated after 13 years at the party congress and Erdogan’s new opponent is now Özgür Ozel.

“I’m calling you to enlist, I’ll leave Erdogan behind, we’ll wake up Turkey” promises the new president of the Republican People’s Party, Özgür Ozel.

“I do not suggest you to vote for a leader whose boyhood will reach Erdogan who will be able to answer him. I present to you a leader who will leave Erdogan behind. Stand up straight. Get the party going. Wake up the country. We will succeed and they will be defeated. Starting tomorrow, I am calling you for conscription. We will win our municipalities and we will win in other municipalities as well”, concluded.