Tag: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish leader woos a skeptical Israel burned by experience
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is wooing Israel, but Israeli leaders note they’ve seen this movie before. Some argue that the Turkish leader’s overtures to Israel and the West are a temporary expedient to...
Erdoğan announces Israeli President Herzog slated to visit Turkey
In an interview with NTV on Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that Israeli President Isaac Herzog would visit at the beginning of February.
“With this visit, a new era can begin in the Israeli and...
Under economic and geopolitical pressure, Erdoğan attempts to make nice with Israel
In a virtual discussion held by the Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET), Turkish scholar and former politician Aykan Erdemir said Jews should be wary of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s outreach efforts towards...
Hamas headquarters in Istanbul ‘directed hundreds of terror attacks’
Hamas’s headquarters in Istanbul has directed hundreds of terrorist attacks against Israelis and laundered millions of dollars, a recent report by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs has said.
The report noted that “a decade has passed...
Bennett thanks Erdoğan for help in releasing imprisoned Israeli couple
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday, thanking him for his help in releasing an Israeli couple being held in the country for eight days on suspicion...
Israeli officials fear Turkey’s Erdoğan will exploit imprisoned Israeli couple as political pawns
An Israeli couple was arrested by Turkish police on Friday in Istanbul for taking pictures of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s residence while touring the country. They have been charged with political and military espionage. Israeli officials...
Bennett: Israel ‘doing everything’ to secure release of couple arrested in Turkey
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that everything possible was being done to secure the release of the Israeli couple arrested in Turkey on Friday, who face charges of political and military...
Turkey’s empty charm offensive
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has again sought to warm ties with Israel, yet the regime’s Islamist ideology and hostility to the Jewish state make any improvement of relations extremely unlikely.
Erdoğan called Israel’s new President Isaac...
Israel expresses solidarity with Cyprus amid Turkey’s ‘provocative’ moves
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides in Jerusalem on Tuesday following the leader’s meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Monday.
Lapid expressed concern for “unilateral Turkish actions...
Israeli and Turkish presidents talk amid tense relations
Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke on Monday with Turkey’s president amid a time of tense relations between the two countries.
“I spoke a few hours ago with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, who called to...