Six hitmen working for Israel who had been put to sleep in different European countries, were woken up two days earlier and sent to Tunisia. The day before, two ships of the Israeli navy, one of them a submarine, and a helicopter carrier disguised as a civilian freighter had been stationed off the coast of
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
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
Diplomatic efforts to ensure a ceasefire in Gaza continue, and the general inclination of the UN countries seems to shift against Israel. However, Netanyahu’s government, backed by US President Joe Biden, and his administration do not appear to be affected by the shift. Starting as a retaliation for Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7
A 4-day ceasefire, hostage exchange, and humanitarian aid delivery agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza have been announced in the first hours of November 22. Israel and Hamas agreed on a “humanitarian pause” to the crisis that started on October 7 when Hamas attacked Israel and killed 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and has continued
When German Chancellor Olaf Scholz telephoned President Tayyip Erdoğan on May 29 to congratulate him on his re-election and at the same time invited him, what he had in mind was not to further deteriorate, and perhaps even improve, relations with the leader of Türkiye, whom he sees as a “difficult partner” who will lead
Ahead of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Türkiye on November 5-6, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made an important statement on the Gaza crisis and relations with Israel. He said that severing relations with Israel over the Gaza crisis was not on the agenda, but that he would no longer deal with Prime
Turkish Republic is 100 years old on October 29, 2023celebrated its 100th birthday. A hundred years ago Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence against Western occupying powers and their native collaborators declared the regime of the new Türkiye a republic, also marking the end of the six-century-long Ottoman rule. Türkiye
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan said on October 25 that he regards the Palestinian Hamas organization “not as a terrorist organization, but as a liberation group”. Devoting almost the entire parliamentary group speach to Gaza, Erdoğan said: “You cannot find any other country that bombs cities day and night with its warplanes, that sets buildings and
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