Turkey could restart Israel trade if peace permanent, trade body says

People wave Turkish and Palestinian flags during an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protest in Istanbul, Turkey, August 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People wave Turkish and Palestinian flags during an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protest in Istanbul, Turkey, August 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Turkey could restart trade with Israel “if peace is permanent,” Nail Olpak, head of the Turkish Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), says.

Turkey severed trade with Israel last year over its war in Gaza with Hamas. This week Israel and Hamas began carrying out a complex ceasefire deal.

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