RSS affiliate calls for sanctions against Turkey over its ‘unholy alliance’ with Pakistan

Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, the economical helping of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) connected Wednesday (May 14, 2025) condemned Turkey’s subject enactment to Pakistan, urging the authorities to enforce economical sanctions and formation prohibition and discourage tourism with the country.

The SJM besides appealed to the radical of India to debar travelling to Turkey and boycott its products successful solidarity with the country’s soldiers and nationalist interest.

This comes amid heightened tensions betwixt India and Pakistan pursuing their four-day subject confrontation. The struggle saw Pakistan unleash swarms of Turkish drones to people Indian subject facilities.

“It is shocking to enactment that Turkey, the second-largest arms supplier to Pakistan aft China, has played a cardinal relation successful modernising Pakistan’s navy and enhancing its aerial warfare capabilities.

“This defence collaboration is not conscionable commercial; it is ideological, targeting the stableness of South Asia and emboldening Pakistan’s subject adventurism,” SJM nationalist co-convenor Ashwani Mahajan said successful a statement.

The SJM powerfully condemns this “unholy alliance” that straight compromises India’s nationalist security, helium said.

At a clip erstwhile India has exercised “tremendous restraint” successful the look of repeated provocations from Pakistan, including harbouring panic camps and assertive posturing adjacent the Line of Control, Turkey’s enactment amounts to “direct complicity”, helium added.

“The Swadeshi Jagran Manch, portion reaffirming its committedness to peaceful planetary engagement rooted successful communal respect and sovereignty, recommends that the authorities of Bharat enforce economical sanctions, suspend civilian aviation links, discourage outbound tourism and re-evaluate diplomatic engagements with Turkey,” Mr. Mahajan said.

“Restrict non-essential imports from Turkey and enforce higher duties connected cardinal Turkish commodities specified arsenic marble, chemicals and machinery. Temporarily suspend nonstop flights to Turkey and revoke aviation codeshare privileges until Turkey halts defence supplies to Pakistan,” helium asked the government.

“Issue a question advisory to Indian citizens against visiting Turkey and retreat tourism promotion cooperation. Reduce the level of diplomatic and taste exchanges with Turkey, and reassess each bilateral agreements,” helium added.

Mr. Mahajan besides suggested the authorities to impulse Indian businesses and consumers to power to Indian substitutes for Turkish goods and beforehand home destinations successful spot of Istanbul, Antalya and Cappadocia.

Turkey, a NATO subordinate and a “supposed secular republic”, has progressively aligned itself with “radical Islamist regimes” and subject establishments hostile to India’s sovereignty, the SJM claimed.

In caller years, Turkey’s strategical defence concern with Pakistan has grown astatine an alarming pace, with the Turkish authorities supplying captious subject hardware, technological platforms and grooming to Pakistan’s equipped forces, it said.

“The Swadeshi Jagran Manch reiterates that the radical of Bharat indispensable boycott nations actively helping Pakistan physique its violative capabilities. The rule of ‘Nation First’ indispensable usher our trade, investment, and diplomatic relationships,” Mr. Mahajan said.

It’s unfortunate that Turkey didn’t adjacent condemn the April 22 Pahalgam panic attack, helium added.

Mr. Mahajan said India stood by Turkey not lone arsenic a trading spouse but arsenic a liable planetary powerfulness demonstrating the tone of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ (the satellite is 1 family).

“During the devastating earthquakes successful February 2023, Bharat was 1 of the archetypal countries to motorboat Operation Dost, dispatching rescue teams from the National Disaster Response Force, service aesculapian teams, tract hospitals, and implicit 100 tonnes of alleviation worldly including aesculapian supplies, generators, tents and blankets,” helium said.

“It seems Turkey has forgotten Bharat’s generous and timely humanitarian assistance. Despite these gestures of solidarity and goodwill, Turkey has chosen to broadside with Bharat’s adversaries successful matters of captious nationalist information interest,” Mr. Mahajan said.

“This betrayal of spot indispensable beryllium addressed with motivation clarity and strategical firmness,” helium said.

With inputs from PTI

Published - May 14, 2025 12:14 p.m. IST