Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described European leaders as “prisoners of the shame of the Holocaust” for their “unfair” positions regarding what the Palestinians are subjected to by the Israeli army in Gaza.

This came in press statements on Monday after a Turkish government meeting in the capital, Ankara.

He added: "Since October 7, Gaza has witnessed brutality no less than what happened during the Crusades a thousand years ago and in World War II."

The Turkish President said: "We sent 800 tons of humanitarian aid for our brothers in Gaza."

He stated that "the Turkish helping hand is present everywhere where tears are shed and hearts are broken, from Turkestan to Afghanistan and from the Balkans to Africa."

He stressed that his country had intensified its efforts to stop the bloodshed in Gaza, saying: "We follow with regret the lack of conscience of Western countries."

He said: "Israel and its supporters are using all modern means of war against children, women and the elderly, and they will be tried before the conscience of humanity."

The Turkish President stressed that Turkey is "the only country that Israel cannot, no matter how hard it tries, accuse it of anti-Semitism, as there is no such stain in Turkey's past."

The Turkish President also touched on the issue of Israeli nuclear weapons and stressed that his country will not allow this issue to be forgotten.