Turkey tries to play neutrality and to broker US-Iran war
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan voiced deep concern and sadness on Saturday over U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, while condemning Tehran’s drone and missile strikes on brotherly Gulf nations.
Turkish Erdoğan added that the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran violated Iran’s sovereignty and targeted the peace of the Iranian people.
In a speech in Istanbul, he said Iran’s attacks on Gulf countries were also unacceptable and he warned that without restraint and diplomacy the region risked being “dragged into a circle of fire.”
He called for urgent action to prevent further bloodshed, adding that Ankara will accelerate diplomatic efforts to secure a cease-fire and revive negotiations.
Türkiye and Oman seek solution to US-Israel-Iran war
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a phone call with Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr Al Busaidi on Sunday. Foreign Ministry sources said two ministers discussed efforts to resolve the ongoing crisis in the region.
Fidan engaged in a phone diplomacy since Israel and the United States launched attacks on Iran on Saturday. Türkiye champions diplomacy to resolve the conflict which heightened after Iran responded, striking Israel, US bases in the region and targets in the Gulf countries. Oman was mediating between Iran and the United States on the former’s nuclear program before talks in Geneva apparently collapsed.
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