Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Recep Tayyip ErdoganReuters

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said debates over the possibility of moving the US embassy In Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem are "extremely wrong" and should be dropped.

US President Donald Trump had promised during his campaign to move the American embassy to Jerusalem, a move which is opposed by the Palestinian Authority and its allies in the Arab world.

Speaking at a forum in Istanbul, Erdogan said everyone should be careful on issues that concerned the status of Jerusalem, warning that even "relocating a stone" in the city could have serious implications.

"The debates over the possibility of US moving its Israel embassy to Jerusalem are extremely wrong and should certainly drop from the agenda," the Turkish president said.

Israel liberated Judea, Samaria, and eastern Jerusalem in 1967. It later annexed eastern Jerusalem.

In 1980, Israel declared "united" Jerusalem its capital.

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu supports the US moving its embassy.

Erdogan, a fervent supporter of the Palestinian Arabs who has also supported the Hamas errorist organization, made peace with Israel in June last year after bilateral ties deteriorated over the 2010 Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship in which 9 Turkish activists were killed after they attacked Israeli soldiers.