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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 567

Turkey-Palestinian relations

A composite photo showing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a press conference in Istanbul, Turkey, May 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
July 29, 2024, 8:25 am
Turkey again compares Netanyahu to Hitler, saying ‘genocidal’ leaders meet their end
Comments come after Erdogan appeared to threaten an invasion of Israel, prompting Foreign Minister Katz to liken him to Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein: ‘Remember how that ended’
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan talks during a military parade, in the Turkish-occupied area of the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, July 20, 2024. (AP/Petros Karadjias)
July 28, 2024, 11:45 pm
Turkey’s Erdogan appears to issue open threat to invade Israel over war in Gaza
President says Turkey could intervene just as it did in Nagorno-Karabakh and Libya; Foreign Minister Katz hits back, comparing him to late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters in Istanbul, Turkey, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
April 20, 2024, 4:57 am
To punish Israel for Gaza war, Turkey’s citizens will gladly suffer the economic cost
Political pressure forced Turkey’s hardline leader Erdogan to reluctantly halt the export of 54 products to the Jewish state – but much of the public still thinks that’s not enough
By Bartu Eken
Illustrative: Palestinians transport bags of flour as humanitarian aid arrives in Gaza City on March 6, 2024. (AFP)
March 7, 2024, 3:08 pm
Turkish Red Crescent shipping 3,000 tons of aid to Gaza, largest package yet
Agency says shipload of food, medicine and equipment sent to Sinai port will be delivered via 200 trucks through Rafah crossing, with the ship to make another journey in 2 weeks
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on February 5, 2024 (Nasser Nasser / POOL / AFP)
March 3, 2024, 2:56 pm
Palestinian leader Abbas to visit Turkey’s Erdogan for talks on Gaza war
Reconciliation between PA president’s Fatah party and Hamas terror group also on the agenda for Tuesday, says Turkish foreign minister
By AFP and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Ronen Zvulun and Ozan Kose/AFP)
July 21, 2023, 8:59 am
Netanyahu to meet Erdogan in Turkey next week, a first for an Israeli PM in 15 years
The visit will take place days after a trip by Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas
By AFP
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaks during a joint statement with his Palestinian counterpart Riad al-Malki in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
May 24, 2022, 6:40 pm
Turkey’s FM lands in Israel for first visit in 15 years, in sign of thawing ties
Starting two-day trip, Mevlut Cavusoglu travels to Ramallah for meeting with PA leaders; will meet with Lapid on Wednesday; plans to visit Temple Mount without Israeli officials
By ToI Staff and Aaron Boxerman
Illustrative: Turkish police seen in Ankara, Turkey, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/ Burhan Ozbilici)
November 11, 2021, 2:57 am
2 Israelis said arrested in Turkey in unclear circumstances
Foreign Ministry says it’s aware of the arrests and dealing with situation, but does not give details; incident comes a month after reports Turkey broke up a Mossad spy ring
By ToI Staff
Photos of 15 men alleged to be Mossad agents, published by the Turkish Sabah daily on October 25, 2021. (Screenshot)
October 25, 2021, 12:40 pm
Turkish media publishes photos of 15 men arrested as alleged Mossad spies
Sabah daily releases mugshots of the suspects, apparently taken by Turkish authorities and accompanied by initials purporting to represent their names
By ToI Staff
Blurred photos of three the 15 alleged Mossad agents are published by the Turkish Sabah daily. Background: Pro-Palestinian Turkish demonstrators holding Turkish and Palestinian flags take part in a rally to protest in Istanbul, Febuary 9, 2020. (Screenshot: Sabah; AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
October 24, 2021, 4:08 am
Former Mossad deputy denies detainees in Turkey are Israeli spies
MK Ram Ben-Barak, who heads powerful Knesset committee, pushes back against reports in Turkish media
By ToI Staff
Blurred photos of three the 15 alleged Mossad agents are published by the Turkish Sabah daily. Background: Pro-Palestinian Turkish demonstrators holding Turkish and Palestinian flags take part in a rally to protest in Istanbul, Febuary 9, 2020. (Screenshot: Sabah; AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
October 22, 2021, 7:33 pm
Alleged Turkish Mossad spy describes unwitting recruitment, training in Zurich
Paper that reported on 15 alleged Mossad agents arrested in Turkey says suspect detailed how he was tasked with monitoring Palestinians by ‘researchers’ supposedly looking into EU
By ToI Staff
Blurred photos of three the 15 alleged Mossad agents are published by the Turkish Sabah daily. Background: Pro-Palestinian Turkish demonstrators holding Turkish and Palestinian flags take part in a rally to protest in Istanbul, Febuary 9, 2020. (Screenshot: Sabah; AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
October 21, 2021, 1:47 pm
Turkish paper claims authorities arrested 15 alleged Mossad agents in country
Sabah newspaper says 200 intel officers followed the cell for a year before arresting them on October 7; they are said to have spied on students, including Palestinians
By ToI Staff
In this December 13, 2017 file photo, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s Extraordinary Summit in Istanbul. (Yasin Bulbul/Pool Photo via AP)
July 11, 2021, 12:23 am
Hosting Abbas, Erdogan says he won’t stay silent on ‘Israeli oppression’
Turkish president hosts PA president in Istanbul; says peace and stability not possible if Israel’s policies continue
By ToI Staff
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to his ruling party's lawmakers, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 23. 2020 (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)
December 25, 2020, 2:29 pm
After years of acrimony, Turkey’s Erdogan says he’d like better ties with Israel
Amid multiple reports of covert overtures between nations, some analysts see Ankara as seeking to start off relations with new, less friendly US administration on the right foot
By ToI Staff
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference after his talks with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in Algiers, January 26, 2020. (Fateh Guidoum/AP)
January 29, 2020, 2:53 pm
Erdogan says Trump’s Mideast peace plan ‘absolutely unacceptable’
Turkish leader warns that in granting Jewish state the right to Jerusalem, proposal ‘ignores’ Palestinian rights and is ‘legitimizing Israel’s occupation’
By AFP and ToI Staff
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