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AL ALAMEIN, EGYPT (AUGUST 9, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT “EGYPTIAN FOREIGN” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY)

1. TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN AND HIS EGYPTIAN COUNTERPART BADR ABDELATTY ON PODIUM IN PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM

2. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN SAYING:

“As you know, the Netanyahu government has taken a new step and announced its intention to fully occupy Gaza. We completely reject (Israel’s) intention to fully occupy Gaza; this plan is a new phase of Israel’s expansionist and genocidal policy."

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4. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN SAYING:

"In the face of this move, we as the Islamic world must act in full solidarity and mobilize the international community."

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6. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN SAYING:

“As chair of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers, we have decided to call the OIC to a meeting.”

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8. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN SAYING:

“Palestine belongs to the Palestinians. Any effort aimed at expelling Palestinians from their own lands is null and void and is doomed to fail."

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10. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN SAYING:

“Türkiye and Egypt will continue to stand against such scenarios."

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12. (SOUNDBITE) (Turkish) TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER HAKAN FIDAN SAYING:

“To date we have sent approximately 102,000 tons of humanitarian aid for our brothers in Gaza. We thank Egypt for its close cooperation in delivering the aid."
AL ALAMEIN, EGYPT (AUGUST 9, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT “EGYPTIAN FOREIGN” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Türkiye will convene an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to address Israel’s plan to fully occupy Gaza, said the nation’s foreign minister on Saturday.

"As chair of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Council of Foreign Ministers, we have decided to call the OIC to a meeting," Hakan Fidan told reporters at a joint press conference in Egypt alongside Badr Abdelatty, the Egyptian foreign minister.

Fidan also condemned Israel’s intentions, saying: "We completely reject (Israel’s) intention to fully occupy Gaza; this plan is a new phase of Israel’s expansionist and genocidal policy."

He added: "Türkiye and Egypt will continue to stand against such scenarios."

Highlighting Türkiye’s humanitarian efforts, Fidan also said: "To date we have sent approximately 102,000 tons of humanitarian aid for our brothers in Gaza. We thank Egypt for its close cooperation in delivering the aid."

Israel has faced mounting outrage for its genocide in Gaza, where it has killed more than 61,000 people since October 2023. The military campaign has devastated the enclave and led to deaths by hunger and starvation.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.

Reaffirming Ankara’s position on Palestinian statehood, Fidan also said: "Palestine belongs to the Palestinians. Any effort aimed at expelling Palestinians from their own lands is null and void and is doomed to fail."

"We will defend international law and humanitarian values in the strongest way against Israel’s policies of genocide," he added.