Turkey's president calls the war in Gaza an 'gecocide' at the UN climate summit
Verified: 3 outlets in 2 countries have reported this story since Nov 12.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called for the world to recognize the environmental impacts of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and asked the Israeli government to grant more aid access to the Palestinian territory. Erdogan was speaking at the U.N. climate summit, known as COP31, in Antalya, Turkey. “What has taken place in Gaza is not only a genocide, but it is also an ecocide,” Erdogan said to applause by world leaders and other climate envoys. A UN-backed panel of independent
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- Nov 12, 1:39 AM UTCFirst reportTurkey's president calls the war in Gaza an 'ecocide' at the UN climate summitgulfnews.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 2:07 AM UTC · +28 min
- Nov 12, 4:52 AM UTC+3 h· you’re reading thisTurkey's president calls the war in Gaza an 'gecocide' at the UN climate summitkoreaherald.com ↗
[Claude] Report 2 is a near-identical headline about the same Erdogan remarks at the UN climate summit, with no conflicting facts.
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