ŞANLIURFA - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs argued that the speech of Iraqi Ambassador Ali Rıza Güney, who confessed to the murder of Nagihan Akarsel, was taken out of context.

 

Speaking about the murder of academician-journalist Nagihan Akarsel, a member of Jineology Research Center and Editor of Jineology Journal, Turkey's Ambassador to Iraq Ali Rıza Güney answered the question regarding the massacre in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Federated Kurdistan Region on October 4, and said: "PKK is the target" and confessed to the massacre.

 

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Urfa Member of Parliament Ayşe Sürücü submitted a written question to the Parliament on October 10, demanding Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu's response to Güney's statement. In the Sürücü's motion, "Turkey's Ambassador to Iraq Ali Rıza Güney asked the questions: "On what basis was the statement that terrorized Nagihan Aksel made? What information does Ali Rıza Güney have about the assassination? Will an investigation be opened? Will a statement be made on the subject?"

 

FOREIGN DEPARTMENT: THE SPEECH WAS DECONTEXTUALIZED

 

Responding to Sürücü's proposal, the General Directorate of Bilateral Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "Our Ambassador to Baghdad shared our views on our fight against the PKK terrorist organization upon a question asked at the press conference held during the opening event of a visa center in Erbil. It is seen that a certain part of the aforementioned statements are taken out of context and deliberately reflected on social media in a way that creates the impression of a different response. Turkey is resolutely carrying out its fight against the PKK terrorist organization in our country and beyond our borders. Terror threatening our national security and our citizens. Our fight against terrorist organizations will continue with determination in the future. Propaganda and distortions aimed at defaming our country and our state officials should be approached with caution, and such efforts of terrorist organizations should not be used."