Erdogan with the photo from Gaza at the UN session: This is humanity's lowest point

Early in his speech, he expressed disappointment that Palestine's president, Mahmoud Abbas, was forbidden to come to New York.

We stand here before you on behalf of our 86 million citizens and our Palestinian brothers and sisters whose voices are trying to silence. I invite all countries that have not yet done so to know the state of Palestine. The UN's goal is to support international peace and security. As we speak here, Israel is slaughtering civilians in Gaza. The number of civilians injured in Gaza has exceeded 65 thousand. Unfortunately, the number of people under the rubble is still unknown, the Turkish leader said.

He then displayed a photo from Gaza.

Each of these people is a human being, they're innocent people. People aren't killed by guns, but also by hunger. In the 20th century, in a world called civilized, people are starving. Let me show you a picture of Gaza. These are women who carry empty pots in their hands. Answer me, is there any excuse for this brutality in 2025? This shameful sight from Gaza is repeated every day. I support the UN secretary general who constantly brings genocide to the attention of Palestine and commends it this time again for his stand. The UN has not been able to protect even its staff in Gaza. People have been killed”, Erdogan stressed. /Periscope