We strongly condemn, and find unacceptable, the false, fabricated and
slanderous statements about Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, made
by the President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, at a panel. It is
appalling that a Head of State, who is expected to act responsibly, makes
such accusations despite knowing that they are false.
Turkey, while maintaining its decisive fight against various terrorist
organizations, contributes also to the security of Europe. Turkey gives an
exemplary lesson for humanity, by hosting the largest number of asylum
seekers in the world. Turkey has neutralised nearly 4.000 DAESH operatives
in the Operation Euphrates Shield and in the operations conducted earlier
with the Global Coalition. Thereby, Turkey stands as the country that
caused the most destruction to this terrorist organization.
The responsibility of those occupying the highest level positions in their
respective states, particularly during an era when xenophobia and
Islamophobia are on the rise in Europe, is to direct the public on the
basis of objective information and truth, instead of misleading it with
slander and unfounded accusations.
It is also obvious that those slanders are not in line with our traditional
friendly relations and alliance with the Czech Republic.