Turkish President Erdogan warns against 'new Sykes-Picot order' in the Middle East

Published connected 21/06/2025 - 15:37 GMT+2•Updated 15:39

Speaking astatine nan 51st Session of nan Council of Foreign Ministers of nan Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), nan Turkish leader besides warned against a "new Sykes-Picot order" successful nan Middle East, successful reference to a 1916 concealed woody betwixt Western powers to disagreement up nan region.

“We will not let nan constitution of a caller Sykes-Picot bid successful our region pinch borders to beryllium drawn successful blood,” said President Erdogan successful Istanbul.

In 1916, nan English and French met successful concealed to specify their mutually agreed spheres of power and power if nan Ottoman Empire was walled - an statement limited connected an Allied triumph during World War I.

The statement projected France would person power aliases power complete modern-day Syria and Lebanon, and Britain complete modern-day Iraq, Jordan and parts of Palestine.

President Erdogan besides coming described nan conditions successful Gaza arsenic worse than those of Nazi attraction camps during his reside astatine nan OIC meeting.

"2 cardinal of our sisters and brothers successful Gaza person been struggling to past nether these conditions for nan past 21 months," nan Turkish President said.

His comments travel arsenic tensions proceed to escalate successful nan Middle East, peculiarly betwixt Iran and Israel arsenic nan conflict enters its 2nd week.

The OIC is group to clasp a typical closed-door convention Saturday evening astatine nan petition of Iran, according to Turkish media Anadolu news site.