The Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Chechnya condemned the appropriation of a park in Turkey named after Dudaev
Photo: IA “Grozny-inform”
The Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) of Chechnya has issued a resolution condemning the appropriation of a park in Turkey named after Dzhokhar Dudayev. This was reported by the Grozny-Inform news agency.
In their statement, they called the renaming of the park an act of support for terrorism, and such a policy itself runs counter to building normal relations with Russia, the DUM noted.
The Spiritual Directorate recalled that Turkey gave shelter to many of Dudayev's supporters, “who killed Muslims or were ready to commit this disgusting deed.”
The resolution notes that if Ankara maintains this line, the Chechen leadership may also reconsider its attitude towards the main political opponents of Erdogan. “For example, the well-known politician Mohammed Fethullah Gulen can be considered by us as a true patriot of the Turkish people, and Abdullah Ocalan is a prisoner of conscience,” the document says.
Earlier, the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the leadership of our country “to put it mildly, do not approve” of naming the park after Dudayev.
On Tuesday, December 21, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that actions such as renaming the park harm the development of normal relations between Turkey and Moscow.
Dudayev was elected president of Checheno-Ingushetia in 1991, after which he declared the republic's independence. He was killed by the Russian special services in a missile strike near Grozny.
