Erdogan Says Iran's Raisi To Visit Turkey At End Of November

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told reporters that his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi would visit Turkey at the end of November to hold talks on Gaza.

Speaking to reporters on his return flight from Kazakhstan on Friday, Erdogan said there would no longer be any trust in the global system if Israel was not stopped and held accountable for what he described as "its war crimes and human rights violations", broadcaster Haberturk and others reported.

Turkey, Iran and Qatar form an informal alliance that supports Hamas and other Islamist militant groups in the Middle East. While the Persian Gulf Arab states have issued customary condemnations of Israeli attacks in Gaza, they see Hamas as a proxy force of the Iranian regime.

Although Erdogan has encouraged pro-Hamas rallies in Turkey, he told Raisi on October 16 that all efforts must be aimed at preventing the Hamas war from escalating and spreading in the region.

The Iranian regime celebrated the October 7 terror attack immediately as it was still taking place. However, it has avoided getting directly involved in the ensuing conflict. The Lebanese Hezbollah, Iran’s main proxy militia in the region has also avoided a full conflict with Israel.

Erdogan also said he would attend a summit of Muslim countries in Riyadh later this month.

According to the Turkish president, the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) would push for a ceasefire and discuss the parameters of such a move during its summit in Riyadh later this month.