Following Turkey’s decision to halt trade with Israel, Turkish businesses are bracing for a financial hit, and Israeli businesses are looking for alternative sources for imported products. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org Bulent Gultekin, a former governor of Turkey’s central bank, told The Media Line that the ban would … Read more
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that more than 1,000 members of the militant Palestinian group Hamas were being treated in hospitals across Turkey as he reiterated his stance that it was a “resistance movement.” A Turkish official later said Erdogan had “misspoke” and meant that Gazans more generally were being treated in … Read more
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to have Turkey removed from the ceasefire talks, in a letter published on Friday. In the letter, Smotrich stated that he was surprised to have learned that representatives of Israel’s “antisemitic enemy Erdogan” are part of the peace talks, and that “Erdogan should be canceled, … Read more
Turkey restricted exports of a wide range of products to Israel on Tuesday until a ceasefire was declared in Gaza, as tensions continued to rise between Ankara and Jerusalem. It took the step after Israel rejected a Turkish request to take part in an aid air-drop operation into Gaza. Ankara has prided itself on … Read more
Turkey had momentous local elections over the weekend. On March 31 around 48 million people voted out of around 16 million who could have voted. This is a good turnout and shows that in Turkey there is a vibrant demand for democracy. This comes after two decades of basically one-party rule by the authoritarian … Read more
(JTA) — Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s assertion earlier this month that Turkey “firmly backs” Hamas was the culmination of months in which the Turkish president has lambasted Israel’s war in Gaza. The feud between the two countries did not end there. Last week, Israel’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Turkish envoy for a reprimand after Erdogan … Read more
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said local elections scheduled for March 31 would be his last vote, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Friday. Erdogan, modern Turkey’s most successful politician, has led the country for more than two decades. A winner of more than a dozen elections since 2002, Erdogan was re-elected for a … Read more
A verified account on X (formerly Twitter) carrying the name of Esra Erdogan, a self-described “rights activist” who coincidentally shares the name of Turkish President Erdogan’s daughter, attempted to flatter South African President Cyril Ramaphosa for his country’s decision to bring Israel to the International Court of Justice but ended up causing upheaval for … Read more
