Communist Party if Turkey (TKP) announced its unconditional solidarity and full support with the rightful struggle of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike and the working people of Palestine against Israeli occupation.
"66 years after the Naqba, Israeli occupation and aggression against Palestinian people continue with all its severity. Lastly, inhumane and unjust treatment of Palestinian political prisoners sparked a hunger strike, which has reached its 5th week," TKP said in a written statement.
About 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been hunger-striking since April 17 over demands for humane conditions.
TKP condemned Zionist aggression against Palestinian people and the violations of human rights and dignity of Palestinian prisoners.
"The role of imperialist powers such as the US, EU, and NATO in the persistence of Israeli occupation is evident. However, reactionary forces and bourgeois collaborators in the region such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Turkey are no more innocent," it said.
The statement underlined that pro-Palestinian statements of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ruling Islamist AKP party, do not reflect the reality.
"While promoting false hopes to Palestinian people with their anti-Israel demagogy, Erdoğan and his reactionary AKP governments have kept tightening the ties with Israel through billions of dollars worth business and military contracts," the statement read.
"Thus, the TKP once again highlights that the emancipation of Palestinian people, as with all other peoples of the region, can come only through the true solidarity of progressive forces under the leadership of the working class," it said.
