President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkish government officials issued strong condemnations following the assasination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas’s Political Bureu, in Tehran, Iran. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed his “outrage” and “denounced the treacherous assassination” on the social media platform X on July 31, calling it “a delibarate attempt to undermine the
Israel is neither Libya nor Armenia, as President Erdoğan suggests, and Turkey is not Saddam’s Iraq, despite the unfortunate comparison made by Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Understanding the increasingly tense and potentially dangerous dynamics between these two countries, which were once firmly aligned in this region, requires setting aside nonsense and adopting an action-oriented
First and foremost, we must not leave unaddressed the audacity of Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz, who suggested that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “is going down the path of Saddam Hussein,” of Irak. The political future of Erdoğan will be decided solely by the Turkish electorate through their votes. Katz, a minister under Benjamin Netanyahu,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers his fourth speech to the US Congress in Washington on July 23. News agencies highlight that President Joe Biden’s first meeting with a foreign leader, after withdrawing from the election race, will be with Netanyahu on July 25. Vice President Kamala Harris, whom Biden has endorsed as his successor,
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on July 12 that “Until a comprehensive, sustainable peace is established in Palestine, attempts at cooperation with Israel within NATO will not be approved by Türkiye.” In a press conference following the NATO 75th-year Summit in Washington DC Erdoğan said: “It is not possible for the Israeli administration, which
According to Turkish security sources, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh said that “the ball is in Israel’s court to achieve a ceasefire” during his meeting with İbrahim Kalın, the head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT), in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on May 12. Security sources who wanted not to be named said
The most important outcome expected from the May 13 visit of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Ankara as the guest of President Tayyip Erdoğan will be to avoid any unpleasantness. Yes, a series of protocols and agreements are on the table to fulfill the “Athens Declaration on Friendly Relations and Good Neighborliness” signed by
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has announced that Türkiye will join in a case brought by the Republic of South Africa against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. At a joint press conference with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi in Ankara on May 1, Fidan stated
Public pressure has compelled President Tayyip Erdoğan’s cabinet to take action on another front. The Ministry of Trade announced on April 9 that it would impose trade restrictions on Israel covering 54 product categories. The trade embargo, to be enforced by Ministry of Trade Ömer Bolat, will take effect from April 9 and will remain
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is scheduled to visit Washington to meet with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken within the framework of the Turkey-US Strategic Dialogue Mechanism meetings on March 7-8, diplomatic sources confirmed to YetkinReport. Meanwhile, intelligence sources announced on March 4 that the head of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT), İbrahim Kalın, also