Posts Tagged: Turkey
For Turkey’s President, the Failed Coup Was a ‘Gift From God’
On July 15, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “celebrated” the sixth anniversary of a failed military coup -- "a major victory" that presumably protected the...
Official Palestinian Newspaper Calls for Terror Attacks Against Jews
A column in the official Palestinian Authority (PA) daily urged Palestinians to “contribute directly to raising the bar of popular resistance” -- a term used...
Turkey Re-Evaluating Death Penalty After Erdogan’s Wildfires Comment – Minister
Turkey will reconsider a 2004 decision to abolish capital punishment, the justice minister said on Saturday, after President Tayyip Erdogan raised the death penalty in...
Israel Satisfied With Intel Cooperation to Foil Iranian Plots in Istanbul, Lapid Tells Turkish FM
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Thursday that Turkish intelligence had saved Israeli lives by helping foil an Iranian plot in Istanbul, as his counterpart Mevlut...
Biden Visit Will Have ‘Significant Implications’ for Region, Iran Front, Lapid Tells Blinken
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Tuesday spoke to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss President Joe Biden’s planned visit to the country...
Bennett Warns Tehran Will Pay Price if Israelis Are Targeted in Turkey
Israeli senior officials warned over the weekend that the country will respond with force to Iranian attacks against its citizens in Turkey. “We are currently witnessing...
There’s Now a Bullseye on the Back of the Man Threatening Israelis in Turkey
JNS.org - The warning of Iranian plans to carry out attacks on Israelis in Turkey will remain in place until the potential attackers are either...
Bennett Vows to Protect Israelis Around the World Amid Warning About Attempted Attacks
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday asserted that Israel will act anywhere in the world to protect its citizens as he warned about attempts to...
Israelis Strongly Urged to Leave Turkey After Iranian Kidnapping Plot Foiled
The Israeli government is warning its citizens to avoid Turkey, where an Iranian plot targeting Israelis was foiled last month, Israeli media reported Sunday. The plot...
Double Standards Haunt US and Europe in NATO Dispute with Turkey
US and European acquiescence in Turkey's long-standing refusal to honor Kurdish ethnic, cultural, and political rights has come home to roost with Turkish opposition to...
Iranian Media Names Five Israelis as Potential Targets Amid Warning of ‘Real Threat’ to Avenge Slain IRGC Officer
Five Israelis were listed as potential targets in a report by Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency on Sunday, as the chief of Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards...
Israel, Turkey Agree to Talks on Direct Flights Amid Signs of Rapprochement
In the first visit by a Turkish foreign minister to Israel in 15 years, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his counterpart Yair Lapid agreed to...
Turkey’s Temporary, Souring Relations with Hamas
While Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been mending diplomatic fences lately, he still makes inflammatory statements against Western countries. Last Friday, he accused Finland...
Israeli, Turkish Presidents Share Holiday Greetings on Eid al-Fitr, Independence Day
Israeli President Isaac Herzog shared holiday blessings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in honor of Eid al-Fitr in a Monday phone call, amid a...
