09.12.2017 Ankara
Member of Turkey-EU Joint Advisory Committee Turkey wing issued a joint press statement regarding USA’s decision on Kudus. Reading out the joint press statement TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that such attitude which offends against obligatory resolutions by United Nations for status of Kudus and is also a clear violation of international law and diplomacy and added “Those who wants to take this step should be very well aware of that this decision does not provide any benefit for anybody. Kudus is not abandoned”.
Confederation
of Turkey Civil Servants Trade Unions (Turkey KAMU-SEN) Foreign Affairs
Secretary General Ahmet Demirci, HAK – Workers Union Confederation (HAK-İŞ)
General President Mahmut Arslan, Confederation Of Public Servants Trade Unions (MEMUR-SEN)
President Ali Yalçın, Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen and Craftsmen (TESK)
General President Bendevi Palandöken, The Union of Chambers and Commodity
Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Turkey Union of
Chambers of Agriculture (TZOB) President Şemsi Bayraktar, Confederation of
Turkish Trade Unions (TÜRK-İŞ) General President Ergün Atalay and Confederation
of Employer Associations of Turkey (TİSK) Board Member Erhan Polat have
attended the meeting.
The joint
press statement text is as follows;
“Representing
civil society of Turkey; Member of Turkey-EU Joint Advisory Committee Turkey
wing; we are here as HAK – Workers Union Confederation (HAK-İŞ), Confederation
Of Public Servants Trade Unions (MEMUR-SEN), Confederation of Turkish Tradesmen
and Craftsmen (TESK), Confederation of Turkish Trade Unions (TÜRK-İŞ), Confederation
of Employer Associations of Turkey (TİSK), Confederation of Turkey Civil Servants
Trade Unions (Turkey KAMU-SEN) The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of
Turkey (TOBB) and Turkey Union of Chambers of Agriculture (TZOB).
The decision
by President of USA against the status of Kudus is an irresponsible misstep
taken against the historical status of Kudus.
The first
kiblah for Muslims Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa and Kudus is sacred and indispensable for
1.5 billion of Islam population.
Therefore
this irresponsible step is a disrespectful attitude and a clear provocation
against Islam world. This decision is major blow delivered to the resolution of
Palestine question and Middle East peace process. We definitively decline this
decision, consider it null and void.
This attitude
which offends against obligatory resolutions by United Nations for status of
Kudus is also a clear violation of international law and diplomacy.
Those who
wants to take this step should be very well aware of that this decision does
not provide any benefit for anybody. Kudus is not abandoned.
Kudus bearing footmarks of his holiness Muhammed, his
holiness Jesus and his holiness Moses is the sacred city of all 3 monotheistic
religions. With such identity it has been the symbol of coexistence for
centuries and shared value of mankind. Therefore Kudus featuring not only
regional but global equilibriums, is an extremely delicate matter which cannot
tolerate any politics upon.
This decision
by USD administration shall be set ground for destruction of universal identity
of Kudus and being dominated.
For their own
personal desires and political interest nobody has the right to toy with
destiny of billions of people. When there are already international decisions
concerning political status and future of Kudus, adopting these unlawful decisions
is a betrayal to Kudus, is betrayal to ease and peace, and is a betrayal to
humanity.
This decision
is a very dangerous step which shall endanger global security, turn the scale
for delicate balances and cause destabilisation, induce new conflicts and
provocations within the region.
Therefore,
not only Islam world but also Christian and Jewish communities should take up
clear and joint position against this decision by protecting humanitarian
values.
We fiercely
condemn this decision which serves no purpose other than creating ground of
conflict in Middle East and sacrificing the region blindly.
We invite
entire civil society and our international respondents who value humanitarian
values, legal order and liberty to responsive to this matter. We great you all
with respect”.