Posts Tagged: Israel Turkey
Kerry Urges Turkey to Restore Full Diplomatic Relations With Israel
Washington Times - U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry urged Turkish leaders Sunday to speedily restore full diplomatic relations with Israel, two American...
Turkish Neo-Ottomanism is Threatened by Iran
The understandings reached between Israel and Turkey in efforts to normalize their relations raise a more fundamental issue about relations between states...
Turkish and Israeli Officials Will Meet Next Week to Discuss Flotilla Compensation
Fox News/AP - Turkey's deputy prime minister says Turkish and Israeli officials will meet next week to work out the amount of compensation to...
Turkey’s FM: Diplomatic Pressure, Not Syria and Iran, Forced Apology from Israel
Israel's recent apology to Turkey for "operational errors" during a 2010 raid on a flotilla off the coast of Gaza which resulted in the deaths...
Israel, Turkey Divided Over Restitution for Gaza Flotilla Raid
Following Israel's apology to Turkey over the May 2010 raid of the Mavi Marmara, the process of negotiating the restitution payments is underway. Israel is reportedly...
Netanyahu Apologizes to Erdogan for “Operational Errors” During Flotilla Raid
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan Friday. Initial reports are that during the course of the conversation...
Turkish Business Leader to Head Israel-Palestinian Arab Arbitration Center
Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu. Photo: Wikipedia The Israeli and Palestinian Arab business communities have picked Rıfat Hisarcıklıoğlu to head the Jerusalem Arbitration...
Top Israeli General: Israel-Arab Relationship Becoming More Complex
Israel Hayom - IDF Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi on Thursday presented a grim picture of Israel's strategic surroundings, saying that...
Israel Foreign Ministry: Israel Doesn’t “Understand What Motivates the Turkish Government”
Yigal Palmor. Photo: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs In an interview with Turkey's Hurriyet Daily, Yigal Palmor, spokesman for Israel's Foreign...
Kerry, Obama, and the Turkish Prime Minister
John Kerry's recent rebuke of Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for "inflammatory verbal attacks on Israel" stands in sharp contrast to Barack Obama's long-established...
Report: Turkish Diplomats Say Shipment of Free Navy Vessels from U.S. Only Halted Temporarily
In the wake of comments made by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that Zionism is a "crime against humanity," Turkish sources have told Turkey's...
The Changing Middle East as Seen From AIPAC 2013
From the second one arrives at the Washington Convention Center, the AIPAC spectacle is all-encompassing. From the anti-Israel demonstrators clustering around the entrance...
Erdogan Calls Zionism a “Crime Against Humanity,” UN Secretary-General Remains Silent
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan grouped Zionism with anti-Semitism and Islamophobia as a "crime against humanity" in a speech at a United Nations summit...
Beware Turkish Hypocrisy
Recent Turkish pressure on France and Germany regarding accession to the European Union heighten the need to question Turkey's strategic intentions and...
