President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday said Israel has no rights over the Golan Heights.

"Under UN resolutions, Israel cannot lay claim even on a small bit of Golan Heights," Erdoğan said at an election rally in Turkey's central province of Konya.

The UN Human Rights Council on Friday passed a resolution opposing the Israeli occupation of Golan Heights, urging Israel to comply with UN resolutions.

The resolution was accepted with 26 votes in favor, 16 against and five abstentions.

This came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said “it was time for the U.S. to fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights”.

Israel has long pushed Washington to recognize its claim over the territory it seized from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War.

Israel occupies roughly two-thirds of the wider Golan Heights as a de facto result of the conflict. It moved to formally annex the territory in 1981 -- an action unanimously rejected at the time by the UN Security Council.

Today’s resolution called on Israel to allow Syrians in the occupied Golan Heights to visit their families, access of international institutions to the region and release all Syrian detainees, including those who have been held in Israeli jails for 30 years.

UN council opposes Israeli occupation of Golan Heights The UN Human Rights Council on Friday passed a resolution opposing the Israeli occupation of Golan Heights and urging Israel to comply with the UN resolutions.The resolution was accepted by 26 votes in favor, 16 against and 5 abstentions.This came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said “it was time for the U.S. to fully recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights”.Israel has long pushed Washington to recognize its claim over the territory it seized from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War.Israel occupies roughly two-thirds of the wider Golan Heights as a de facto result of the conflict. It moved to formally annex the territory in 1981 -- an action unanimously rejected at the time by the UN Security Council.Germany opposes Trump’s Golan Heights moveResponding to Trump, EU reaffirms it does not recognise Israel's sovereignty over GolanToday’s resolution called on Israel to allow Syrians in the occupied Golan Heights to visit their families, access of international institutions to the region and release all Syrian detainees, including those who have been held in Israeli jails for 30 years.Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Slovakia, Spain, Togo, Ukraine and the U.K. voted against the resolution.Notably, the U.S. State Department last week officially referred to the Golan Heights as an “Israeli-controlled” territory. Previously, it had consistently referred to the region as “Israeli-occupied”.Last November, the U.S. -- for the first time -- voted against an annual UN resolution condemning Israel's continued occupation of the Golan. In all, 151 nations voted in support, with just Israel and the U.S. voting against.Turkey will never allow occupation of Golan Heights to be legitimised: ErdoğanTehran slams Trump's Golan Heights tweetRussia says Golan Heights status change would violate UN decisions

Iranian FM says Trump trying to give 'what isn’t his' to Israel Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif slammed the U.S. president on Friday over his pro-Israel remarks on the control of the occupied Golan Heights."All [OIC countries] shocked by @realDonaldTrump continuing to try to give what is not his to racist Israel: first Al-Quds now Golan,” Zarif said in a tweet, after attending the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting held in Istanbul on last week's terror shootings in New Zealand."With OIC ministers in Turkey; all condemn barbaric Christchurch terror against Muslims seek to unite against dangerous tide of racism Islamophobia in the West," Zarif added, referring to last Friday's terror attacks on two mosques in New Zealand which claimed at least 50 lives.On Thursday, Donald Trump said in a tweet it was time for the U.S. to recognize Israel's control of the occupied Golan Heights.Notably, the U.S. State Department last week officially referred to the Golan Heights as an "Israeli-controlled" territory. Previously, it had consistently referred to the region as "Israeli-occupied".Israel has long pushed Washington to recognize its claim over the territory it seized from Syria during the 1967 Six-Day War.Israel occupies roughly two-thirds of the wider Golan Heights as a de facto result of the conflict. It moved to formally annex the territory in 1981 -- an action unanimously rejected at the time by the UN Security Council.The U.S. for the first time voted against an annual UN resolution condemning Israel's control of the Golan Heights in November. In all, 151 nations voted in support, with just Israel and the U.S. voting against.Responding to Trump, EU reaffirms it does not recognise Israel's sovereignty over GolanTurkey will never allow occupation of Golan Heights to be legitimised: ErdoğanTehran slams Trump's Golan Heights tweet