This Muslim country was selling weapons to Israel, when the public came to know there was an uproar

#ErdoganArmsIsrael has been trending on social media site X for the last two days. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, considered the messiah of Palestine and the Muslim world, has faced serious allegations. A Turkish trade report revealed that Turkey had sold weapons to Israel during the war. Media outlet 'The Cradle', citing a report by 'Trending Economics', wrote that in January the country exported precious metals, chemicals, pesticides, nuclear reactor parts, gunpowder, explosives, aircraft parts, weapons and ammunition to Israel. Was allowed to export. Which includes exported goods worth about $319 million.

According to 'Karar Daily', the trade has been done by companies linked to Turkey's Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MUSIAD), which is known in the country for its support of President Erdoğan. After this report came out, anger against the Turkish President spread on social media. Palestine supporters have described the arms trade with Israel as 'stabbing the Palestinians in the back'. People have expressed anger against Turkey and Erdoğan on social media.

Turkey clarified

After the matter escalated, Turkey had to give clarification. Turkey's Defense Ministry said in a statement, “Turkey has always been a supporter of Palestine. “It can never happen that Turkey engages in any activity that could be used against Palestine.” The statement further said that the Defense Ministry has not made any deal with Israel related to military training and defense industry.

“Something else was exported in the name of weapons”

TCDCCD wrote on Twitter, “The products in Chapter 93 of the alleged export report are not combat weapons and ammunition, but ungrooved rifle spare parts, accessories and fishing products used for personal purposes such as sports and hunting ” ,

Oykum Huma Keskin, fact checker at Tayyat Hakkında, one of Turkey's main independent fact-checking outlets, said claims that the export data report was false are false. He said, “When we investigated this report, we found out that ‘gunpowder and explosives’ have been exported to Israel in the first three months of 2024.