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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Erdoğan rebukes Bolton about Syria and Kurds, saying he made a ‘serious mistake’

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan slammed U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton on Tuesday for promising that Turkey will not attack the Kurds fighting the Islamic State in Syria. “We cannot accept Bolton’s messages given from Israel,”...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Turkey takes pragmatic steps towards repairing damaged relations with Israel

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Amid shared concerns over Iran’s regional aggression among other interests, Israel and Turkey have been attempting to mend relations with one another despite their subtle differences, according to an Israeli media report on Monday. Were...
Palestinians holds pictures of the Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as they wear shirts with Turkish flags in the West Bank city of Hebron on July 20, 2016. Photo by Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Israel weighs measures to counter growing Turkish influence in Jerusalem

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Israel’s National Security Council has drafted a list of possible measures to take against the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) operating in eastern Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and Gaza, due to concerns that...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Turkey’s President Erdoğan wins re-election, cementing his firm grip on power

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) emerged victorious in the country’s first-ever dual presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, giving the Turkish leader sweeping executive powers and further...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses the U.N. General Assembly in September 2009. Credit: U.N. Photo/Marco Castro.

Amid rising tensions, Israel expels Turkish diplomat

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Israel summoned the Turkish Consul General in Jerusalem and expelled him from the country, following Turkey’s expulsion of the Israeli consul general from Ankara. The diplomatic incident continues increasing tensions between Turkey and Israel, which...

Turkey’s Erdogan accuses Israel of massacring Palestinians

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel of “massacres” against the Palestinians and chided the international community for its silence. Erdogan made his comments on Monday at the Al-Quds Forum in Istanbul, a two-day international event...