The opening of the exhibition organized on the occasion of the 3rd anniversary of Israel's attacks on Gaza was held at the AK Party Congress Center.
The exhibition, which included 20 photographs taken by AA reporters and included in the "Shots of the Year" selection, drew attention to what happened in Gaza after October 7, 2023, the humanitarian situation faced by Palestinian civilians and the traces left behind by the war.
The exhibition also included a camera belonging to the TRT News team, which was following the developments in the region in Jerusalem, and was broken as a result of the attack by the Israeli police.
"THE EVENTS ARE PROOF THAT CIVILIZATION IS BANKRUPT"
AK Party Deputy Chairman and Head of Culture and Art Policies Hüseyin Yayman, in his speech at the opening of the exhibition, said that they want Gaza and Palestine not to be forgotten, and that they want everyone to see once again the oppression in Gaza and the destruction caused by the murderer Israel in Gaza.
Emphasizing that this issue has become an issue where consciences remain silent and humanity dies, Yayman said:
"The genocide committed by the murderer Israeli state in Gaza is never acceptable. When the murderer (Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin) Netanyahu is tried in the Supreme Court and the Court of Human Rights, humanity will find solace only then. Actually, there is no need to say much. What has happened in the last 3 years is proof that humanity, values and civilization are bankrupt. We are exhibiting the photographs taken by journalists in our headquarters to shed light on this. Our aim is to curse the murderer Israel once again."
Yayman stated that dropping bombs on innocent people and martyring 70 thousand people, including mostly women and children, is unacceptable.
"THIS IS ALSO THE BANKRUPT OF WESTERN VALUES"
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "If we remain silent, history will not remain silent. If history remains silent, the truth will not remain silent." Recalling his statement, Yayman continued his words as follows:
"There is a human tragedy going on here. When people do not die under the bombs, they become disabled. When they do not become disabled, they lose their lives to hunger and thirst, lose their limbs and have permanent health problems due to the food embargo. As our President said, the Gaza issue is not only our issue. The Gaza issue is a matter of humanity and civilization. Westerners know and see this cruelty and remain silent. This is also the bankruptcy of Western values. The humanist values of the West, the achievements of democracy, In the final analysis, a bigger tragedy than the tragedy in Gaza is the silence of humanity and the West and the double standards applied here, those who raise the world to their feet and say 'There is a violation of human rights here.' Those who say are silent about the death of 70 thousand people. "They are silent about the brutal murder of women and children."
"IT IS MANDATORY THAT MURDERER NETANYAHU BE TRIALD"
Reminding that a camera belonging to the TRT News team was also included in the exhibition, Yayman said that there were also journalists and activists who were murdered and martyred in the region.
Emphasizing that at this point, everyone should stand up and say "stop" to Netanyahu and the murderer Israel, Yayman said:
"For the first time, our President said at the United Nations podium: 'The world is bigger than five.' he said. At the point we have reached today, we see that this thesis is accepted all over the world and appreciated and approved by everyone. People no longer have the patience for time regarding the Gaza issue. "It is imperative that international sanctions be imposed on this issue as soon as possible and that the murderer Netanyahu be tried in international institutions, just as he is in the conscience of humanity."
Yayman invited all citizens and the world to be more sensitive and sensitive about this issue on the 3rd anniversary of the cruelty and torture that started on October 7, 2023.
The exhibition can be visited until November 9.
