{"id":259296,"date":"2026-08-21T16:43:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/259296\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T16:43:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T16:43:09","slug":"turkey-red-notice-should-be-issued-against-benjamin-netanyahu-on-genocide-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/259296\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey: ‘Red notice’ should be issued against Benjamin Netanyahu on genocide charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turkey requested on Friday that the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol<\/a>) issue a “red notice” against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 35 other Israeli officials on charges including genocide, according to an X\/Twitter post by Turkish Justice Minister Ak\u0131n G\u00fcrlek.<\/p>\n

“We categorically reject the notion that the Netanyahu administration, which is implementing a genocide policy in Gaza, is untouchable and unaccountable,” said G\u00fcrlek. “We will not allow the crimes committed in Gaza<\/a> to be covered up or the perpetrators to be shielded by impunity. We will resolutely utilize all possibilities of national and international law.”<\/p>\n

“We will continue to stand firmly by the side of the Palestinian people, the oppressed, and the conscience of humanity,” G\u00fcrlek added. “We will take all necessary steps with determination to ensure that those who commit crimes against humanity are held accountable before the law.”<\/p>\n

According to Interpol’s website, a “red notice” is a request to worldwide law enforcement agencies to find and potentially arrest an individual “pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action,” noting that it is ultimately the local agency’s choice whether to arrest the wanted individual.<\/p>\n

Turkey originally indicted Netanyahu and the other 35 Israeli officials in April over the naval interception of the October 2025 \u201cSumud\u201d Gaza flotilla, seeking sentences of up to 4,596 years in prison, Turkish media reported at the time.<\/p>\n

\"AA Palestinian flag is seen as people gather at the port of Ermoupolis before the departure of two sailing boats, Electra and Oxygen, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel’s naval blockade, on Syros island, Greece, September 14, 2025. (credit: REUTERS\/Giorgos Solaris)<\/p>\n

The initial arrest warrant was issued by Turkey in November following Israel’s detention of over 400 of the flotilla’s participants, including anti-Israel and climate activist Greta Thunberg, before deporting them shortly after.<\/p>\n

The request announced by G\u00fcrlek follows an IDF strike on the Abu al-Duhur military airfield<\/a> in northwestern Syria’s Idlib province on Tuesday, with a souce telling The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that the strikes were necessary to avoid a clash between Israeli and Turkish forces.<\/p>\n

Turkey: Forces in Syria posed no threat to Israel<\/p>\n

Ankara rejected Israel’s allegations that the Turkish forces posed a threat to the country’s security, saying they are “intended to legitimize Israel\u2019s unlawful airstrikes targeting Syria\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTurkey will resolutely continue to cooperate with the Syrian Government on a legitimate basis for the establishment of \u200cpeace, stability, \u2060and prosperity in\u00a0Syria<\/a>, and will never allow the destabilization of Syria,\u201d Turkey\u2019s Presidency said on X.<\/p>\n

PMO: Israel ‘unimpressed by Turkey’s hypocrisy,’ Erdogan an ‘antisemitic dictator’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) responded to Turkey in an X post later on Friday, calling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “an antisemitic dictator who massacred Kurds, supports the massacre of the Hamas terrorist organization, and oppresses his own people.”<\/p>\n

“Israel has long been unimpressed by Turkey’s hypocrisy,” the post said, noting that Jerusalem will “continue to act forcefully against Turkey’s attempts to destabilize the region and against any threat to its security.”<\/p>\n

Danielle Greyman-Kennard contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Turkey requested on Friday that the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) issue a “red notice” against Prime Minister…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[30],"tags":[11542,3538,41,18790,7889,43215,37,95,1176],"class_list":["post-259296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-syria","tag-ankara","tag-arrest","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-erdogan","tag-genocide","tag-interpol","tag-israel","tag-syria","tag-turkey"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117134505327145467","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259296\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}