Duran said "In Social" on the occasion of the 38th anniversary of the declaration of the State of Palestine that "the declaration of the establishment of the State of Palestine on November 15, 1988, constituted a historical expression of the will of the Palestinian people to achieve freedom and self-determination."
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He pointed out that Türkiye recognized the State of Palestine on the same day and stood by the just struggle of the Palestinian people.
He added that the genocide and severe human suffering witnessed in the Gaza Strip demonstrate that realizing the Palestinian people’s right to live in peace and security within an independent and sovereign state has become a responsibility that cannot be postponed.
Duran stressed that Turkey, under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, will continue to stand by the Palestinian people in order to establish an independent, sovereign, and geographically contiguous Palestinian state, based on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital, and to achieve lasting peace in the region.
The State of Palestine was declared on November 15, 1988, during the nineteenth session of the Palestinian National Council in the Algerian capital, when the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat read the "Declaration of Independence" that was approved by the Council.
The announcement came in the context of the First Palestinian Intifada, which broke out in December 1987, and amid escalating Palestinian demands to end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent Palestinian state.
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