‘Not only a genocide but an ecocide’ – Applause for Turkish president’s statements on Gaza at Cop31
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addressed world leaders at the COP31 climate summit. He characterized the situation in Gaza as both a genocide and an ecocide. He said centuries‑old olive trees had been cut down. He reported that soil and water had become polluted. He noted that cities had been turned into huge piles of rubble. His comments were met with applause.
‘Centuries-old olive trees have been cut down, soil and water polluted and cities turned into enormous piles of rubble,’ Recep Tayyip Erdogan told world leaders