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A constructive, forward-looking relationship: Giving Israel-Turkey ties a reset - opinion

Israel and Turkey can advance their long-term interests through cooperation rather than confrontation.

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the Antalya Diplomacy Forum last month. Syria’s uncertain trajectory poses significant security challenges for both Israel and Turkey, says the writer.
 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa (L) shake hands as they hold a joint press conference after their meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye on February 4, 2025.

Collision course: Are Israel and Turkey headed for confrontation?

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the audience at Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey, April 11, 2025.

Erdogan says Israel is fueling Syrian divisions at Antalya Forum

 Syrian troops sit atop a tank as they head towards the Syrian-Lebanese border following clashes with Lebanese soldiers and armed groups, in Qusayr, Syria, March 17, 2025.

Israel holds 'positive' first talks with Turkey on Syria, still in early stages


Turkey’s military expansion in Syria: A new threat to Israel’s security - opinion

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's call for Allah to "bring destruction upon Zionist Israel," underscores that a direct military clash is inevitable.

 An illustrative image of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Erdogan's rule crushes freedom, incites unnecessary escalation - opinion

It could have been different. Turkey could have been a great engine of world peace, a natural mediator between Arabs and Jews, but for now, it must endure yet more of the man who crushed its freedom.

 Recep Tayyip Erdogan (seated) attends a meeting of the heads of state of the North Atlantic Council, Indo-Pacifc Partners, and the European Union at the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, DC, last month.

There he goes again: Erdogan threatens Israel to suit domestic agenda - analysis

“Just as Hitler, who committed genocide, met his end - so Netanyahu, who committed genocide, will meet his end,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

 Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press briefing during NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington, US, July 11, 2024.

Erdogan threatens Israel: 'Like we entered Karabakh and Libya - we will do the same to Israel'

Erdogan’s threats come amid a dramatic flare up in the nine-month cross-border war between the IDF and Hezbollah.

 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (not pictured) in Madrid, Spain, June 13, 2024.

Grapevine, July 17, 2024: In the shadow of October 7

A look to Israel's journalists, businessmen, writers and politicians.

Bastille Day event at the Residence, Israel.

Erdogan says Biden, US complicit in alleged Israeli war crimes

In an interview with Newsweek during the NATO summit in Washington, Erdogan said Israel's "brutal murder" of civilians, and its strikes on hospitals, aid centers and elsewhere constituted war crimes.

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the U.S. embassy move to Jerusalem, in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018.

El Al plane flies to Rhodes after emergency landing in Turkey sees local workers refuse to refuel

The plane landed in Turkey following an emergency situation on-board, though the plane encountered issues with re-fuelling with Turkish authorities.

 An El Al plane in Ben-Gurion Airport.

Israeli construction to suffer under Turkey's economic sanctions

Turkey's Trade Ministry to restrict exports of a wide range of products to Israel, especially those used for construction, until a ceasefire is declared in Gaza.

 Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks to announce Murat Kurum as his ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) candidate in Istanbul's mayoral election in March, in Istanbul, Turkey January 7, 2024.

Turkey imposes export restrictions on Israel over Gaza as tensions rise

"This decision will remain in place until Israel, under its obligations emanating from international law, urgently declares a ceasefire in Gaza and allows the unhindered flow of... aid," Turkey said.

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan leaves a news conference during a NATO leaders summit in Vilnius, last year.

Aluminum diplomacy: Israel turning from Turkey to Bosnia for trade imports?

Israeli CEO of Bosnian company Aluminij reveals increased exports to Israel amid Israel-Hamas war.

 Aluminij Headquarters

An unholy pact: The Hamas-affiliated Turkish organization collaborating with Ra’am

Ra’am had promoted fund-raising for the Khayr Ommah Foundation at least three times in the past, and its leaders have close ties with figures at Khayr Ommah.

 MK Mansour Abbas during a discussion on the Electricity Law connecting to Arab and Bedouin towns, during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, January 5, 2022.