Turkey: ‘Jerusalem Is Ours’
According to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Jerusalem belongs to Turkey. He told Turkish lawmakers,
In this city that we had to leave in tears during the First World War, it is still possible to come across traces of the Ottoman resistance. So Jerusalem is our city, a city from us. Our first qibla [direction of prayer in Islam] al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem are the symbolic mosques of our faith. In addition, this city is home to the holy places of Christianity and Judaism.
