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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan gives a speech during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, in Antalya, southern Turkey, April 17, 2026. (Riza Ozel/AP)
June 10, 2026, 4:41 pm
Erdogan: Israel’s strikes on Lebanon and Syria threaten Turkey
Turkish president says Israeli ‘aggression’ must be stopped, claims Jerusalem trying to destabilize Mideast and light ‘fire of discord’ in Cyprus; Netanyahu brands him ‘antisemitic dictator’
By Reuters and Nava Freiberg
A screenshot of a speech made by Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi at a AKP Party conference in Çorum, Turkey, June 6, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 7, 2026, 11:23 pm
Turkey’s interior minister vows to ‘liberate’ Jerusalem, return it to Turkish hands
‘Wake up,’ Israel’s Foreign Ministry tells Mustafa Çiftçi, ‘Ottoman Empire is gone’; in Turkish-language rebuke, Katz says Jerusalem ‘will remain Israel’s capital forever’
By ToI Staff
A member of Turkish security forces stands alert near the unstaffed Israeli Consulate in Istanbul on April 7, 2026, following a shootout between gunmen and police. (Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
May 20, 2026, 8:50 pm
Israel said weighing closure of Istanbul consulate, left empty for over 2 years
Source says Israel is spending a lot of money on premises that have been vacant since relations with Ankara soured again over outbreak of Gaza war
By AFP and ToI Staff
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during the opening ceremony of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, in Antalya, southern Turkey, April 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Riza Ozel)
April 19, 2026, 9:22 pm
Turkey’s FM accuses Israel of using security ‘as an excuse to occupy more land’
Hakan Fidan lashes Netanyahu’s ‘fundamentalist’ government, claims Israel trying to ‘create a fait accompli’ in Lebanon while US-Iran talks are ongoing
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack speaks during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum on April 17, 2026. (Screen capture/ YouTube)
April 18, 2026, 10:31 pm
US envoy argues Israeli policy on Syria and Turkey strategically counterproductive
Tom Barrack, Trump’s special envoy on Syria and ambassador to Turkey, asserts Ankara plays productive role in Gaza, hails Syrian restraint in face of repeated IDF incursions
By Jacob Magid
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan attending a consultative meeting of foreign ministers from a group of Arab and Islamic countries in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, on March 19, 2026. (Baraa Anwer/AP)
April 13, 2026, 5:51 pm
Turkish FM: Israel trying to ‘declare Turkey the new enemy’ after Iran
Hakan Fidan says Jerusalem ‘cannot live without an enemy,’ accusing both government and opposition lawmakers of taking part in ‘state strategy’ against Ankara
By AFP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, seen during a vote on the state budget in the Knesset, Jerusalem, March 29, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); this handout photograph taken and released by the Turkish presidential press service on April 4, 2026, shows Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) during a meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (unseen) at Dolmabahce Presidential Office, in Istanbul. (TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP)
April 12, 2026, 5:43 am
As Turkey reportedly seeks to jail them, Israeli leaders blast Erdogan for ‘massacring Kurds’
Netanyahu accuses Turkish president of accommodating Iran’s terror proxies; Katz calls him a ‘paper tiger’; Ben Gvir tells him: ‘F*** you’
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and AFP
Turkish police and army secure the area after a gunmen attack at a building housing the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, April 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
April 8, 2026, 1:56 pm
Turkey detains 10 suspects over Istanbul gun attack outside Israeli consulate
Turkish media reports that the detained include two attackers who were wounded in the assault and are being questioned in hospital
By Agencies
Police officials gather outside the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, on April 7, 2026, following a shootout between gunmen and police. (Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
April 7, 2026, 4:39 pm
1 attacker killed, two hurt in gun battle with police outside unstaffed Israeli consulate in Istanbul
Two wounded assailants are brothers, who traveled from Izmit; one is associated with terror group that ‘exploits religion,’ authorities say, in possible allusion to ISIS
By Agencies
Demonstrators gather on the Galata Bridge holding Palestinian and Turkish flags during a pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul, Turkey, January 1, 2026. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
February 26, 2026, 9:00 am
Israeli woman arrested in Turkey for serving in IDF, released after US intervention
Ex-soldier, who was visiting her parents in Istanbul, was held under house arrest after local anti-Israel campaigners urged her detention; US pressure said to secure her freedom
By ToI Staff
Iranian Jews, Bijan Barchorderi, a restaurant owner (left); and Isaac Simanian, a merchant, sell Persian specialties at the Levinsky Market in south Tel Aviv, January 22, 2026. (Sharon Wrobel/ The Times of Israel)
February 4, 2026, 8:40 am
Skirting bans, Iranian products from spices to salves find way to Israeli stores
Using 3rd-country loophole, merchants and restaurateurs at Tel Aviv spice market sell authentic goods from Islamic Republic, though closure of Turkey conduit sending prices skyward
By Sharon Wrobel
A street vendor sells traditional Turkish bagels "Simit" as he waits for customers at Taksim Square, in Istanbul, on December 27, 2025. (Yasin Akgul/AFP)
February 2, 2026, 8:45 am
Israeli detained in Turkey since late January for alleged offenses against Erdogan, flag
Avivit Amber held in custody for past 11 days on charges of desecrating Turkish flag, offending Turkish president; crime carries up to 4 year sentence but foreigners often deported
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump (left) greets Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a summit to support ending the more than two-year Israel-Hamas war in Gaza after a breakthrough ceasefire deal, October 13, 2025, in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. (AP/Evan Vucci, Pool)
January 17, 2026, 9:28 pm
Netanyahu fumes at Gaza oversight panel makeup as Trump invites Erdogan to peace board
PM’s office says it was left out of talks on makeup of executive board, which includes top officials from Turkey, Qatar; American official retorts: ‘This is our show, not his show’
By Jacob Magid, Lazar Berman and Nava Freiberg
US President Donald Trump speaks at a dedication ceremony for a portion of Southern Boulevard, which the Town of Palm Beach Council recently voted to rename,"President Donald J. Trump Boulevard," January 16, 2026, at his Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
January 17, 2026, 4:53 am
US unveils key Gaza panel, with prominent roles given to Israel critics Qatar, Turkey
Gaza Executive Board responsible for overseeing postwar management of Gaza also includes Witkoff, Kushner, Blair, representatives from UAE, Egypt and pair of prominent businessmen
By Jacob Magid
Demonstrators gather on the Galata Bridge holding Palestinian and Turkish flags during a pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul, Turkey, January 1, 2026. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
January 1, 2026, 3:26 pm
500,000 turn out for pro-Palestinian rally in Istanbul
Led by president’s son Bilal Erdogan, mass of protesters march under banner reading ‘We won’t remain silent, we won’t forget Palestine’
By AFP and ToI Staff
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