Turkey’s senior political, military and intelligence leaders convened a closed-door meeting on Friday to assess the potential consequences of Israel’s airstrikes on Iran, a foreign ministry source told Agence France-Presse.
The meeting in Ankara began at 11:30 GMT and brought together Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yaşar Güler, Chief of General Staff Gen. Metin Gürak and intelligence chief İbrahim Kalın, according to the same source.
Discussions focused on “the process that started with Israeli airstrikes on Iran and their possible repercussions,” the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.
Earlier in the day, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused Israel of seeking to provoke a broader crisis with its actions, calling on the international community to stop what he described as “thuggery.”
“Israel’s attacks on our neighbor Iran are a clear provocation that disregards international law,” Erdoğan wrote on X. He warned that the Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “trying to drag our region and the entire world into disaster with its reckless, aggressive and lawless actions.”
Erdoğan accused Israel of pushing its campaign of destabilization to a new level.
“Israel is carrying its strategy of drowning our region, especially Gaza, in blood, tears and instability to a very dangerous stage,” he said.