Posted: Friday, December 15, 2023. 11:00 am CST.
By Zoila Palma Gonzalez: On Thursday, a Turkish member of Parliament died, 2 days after suffering a heart attack and collapsing in front of Parliament as he finished a speech lashing out against Israel.
According to Reuters, Hasan Bitmez, 54, a member of parliament from the opposition Felicity (Saadet) Party, died in Ankara City Hospital.
Bitmez was the chairman of the Centre for Islamic Union Research and had previously worked for Islamic non-governmental organisations, his parliamentary biography shows.
Official broadcast showed Bitmez blasting Israel ending his speech and then collapsing on the floor on Tuesday.
He was criticising President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party (AKP) over Turkey’s ongoing trade with Israel despite the war in Gaza, and despite the government’s sharp rhetorical criticism of Israel’s military bombardment.
“You allow ships to go to Israel and you shamelessly call it trade… You are Israel’s accomplice,” Bitmez said in his speech after placing a banner on the podium reading: “Murderer Israel; collaborator AKP”.
“You have the blood of Palestinians on your hands, you are collaborators. You contribute to every bomb Israel drops on Gaza,” he added.
After he finished the speech, he collapsed and other Members of Parliament rushed to help.
Last month, Turkey recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations over the war in Gaza, although it said that it was not breaking off diplomatic ties entirely.
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