Erdogan calls for urgent OIC meeting over Israeli attacks on Jerusalem

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to convene an urgent leadership-level meeting to address the escalating attacks on Jerusalem.

President Erdogan said the Israeli government is seeking to expand its invasion and occupation policies to include the Al Aqsa Mosque, which is significant to Muslims as their first Qibla.

"It is unthinkable that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, whose duty is to defend the cause of Al Quds, would remain indifferent to these attacks that are becoming more and more reckless day by day," Erdogan said after presidential cabinet meeting on Monday.

Erdogan emphasised the need for immediate action, asserting: "It (OIC) is urgent that it convenes at the leadership level without delay and that the Islamic world demonstrates its firm stance."

"We will take every legal step"

Regarding the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli forces, President Erdogan vowed to seek justice.

"We will take every legal step to ensure that Aysenur Ezgi's blood is not left unavenged, and we will continue our fight against Israel at the highest level by applying to the Court of Justice," he declared.

Eygi was shot dead by Israeli forces on Friday during a protest against illegal Israeli settlements in the town of Beita in the Nablus district of the occupied West Bank.

He also expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people, stating, "As a nation that made history with the epic of resistance against the imperialist powers of the time during the War of Independence, we stand with our Palestinian brothers."