Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said at a parliamentary group meeting held by his political party, AK Parti, that was aired by the Turkish state-run Anadolu Agency on May 27, 2024 that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a crazy, barbaric "psychopath" and a "vampire" who "feeds on blood." He said that Netanyahu follows in the footsteps of Adolf Hitler, and that Israel's "genocide" and "savagery" must be stopped by an "alliance of humanity" before Netanyahu "and his murder network" get completely out of control. Erdoğan elaborated that the blood spilt by Israel is also on the hands of the United States and the European countries, which he accused of being partners in Israel's "genocide, barbarism, and vampirism," and he said that so long as Israel feels that it is not bound by international law, no country or state – including Turkey – is safe. He added: "Do you think this barbarism is limited to Gaza? They will never, ever have their fill of drinking blood."
President Erdoğan: "The world is watching – in live broadcasts – the barbarism of a sick, crazy psychopath: A vampire named [Benjamin] Netanyahu, who feeds on blood. Oh America, this blood is on your hands, too. You are at least as responsible as Israel for this genocide. Oh European heads of state and government – you, too, are partners in Israel’s genocide, barbarism, and vampirism.
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"Everyone who lives in this region should understand very clearly that so long as Israel is outside of the control of international law and sees itself as not bound by international law, then nobody – no country, no state – is safe. I say it openly: This includes Turkey. Do you think this barbarism is limited to Gaza? They will never ever have their fill of drinking blood... And Israel that does not recognize neither law nor rules is a threat not only to Palestine and to Gaza, but to all humanity and to world peace.
"Hitler, whose footsteps Netanyahu follows today, was stopped – albeit late – by an alliance between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Before Netanyahu and his murder network get completely out of control, this genocide, this savagery, this barbarism must be stopped immediately by an alliance of humanity."