ANKARA President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has pledged that Türkiye would stand firm against those seeking to spread instability in the region, while sharply criticizing Israel ’s military actions. “We have no time for empty rhetoric and cheap polemics. Today, Türkiye is a country capable of setting and implementing its own agenda both domestically and regionally,” Erdoğan said on Sept. 17. His remarks came during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Foreign Ministry’s new headquarters in the capital