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Turkey tightens trade embargo against Israel

Turkey has stopped issuing Eur-Med certificates that enable Israel to import Turkish goods via Europe.

|ByDEAN SHMUEL ELMAS/GLOBES/TNS
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, October 30, 2025.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa (L) shake hands as they hold a joint press conference after their meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye on February 4, 2025.

Western intelligence source to 'Post': Turkey aims to activate the Syrian T4 air base

This comes amid the growing cooperation between Ahmed al-Sharaa's regime in Syria and the government of Turkish President Erdogan.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press briefing during NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington, US, July 11, 2024.

There he goes again: Erdogan threatens Israel to suit domestic agenda - analysis

“Just as Hitler, who committed genocide, met his end - so Netanyahu, who committed genocide, will meet his end,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

|ByHERB KEINON
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, October 25, 2023.

‘Jews not allowed’: As Erdogan praises Hamas, antisemitism rises on the ground in Turkey

Erdogan, who had warmed to Israel in recent years, has regularly met with leaders of Hamas, which is considered a terrorist organization.

|ByDAVID I. KLEIN/JTA, MATT HANSON/JTA

President Isaac Herzog congratulates Turkey's Erdogan on election victory

Israel's president turned to social media to extend warm congratulatory remarks to Turkey's re-elected leader.

MAY 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
President Isaac Herzog met with Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara March 9, 2022.

Turkey's Erdogan offers Israel's Herzog condolences for recent terror attacks

Thanking Erdogan for his call, Herzog emphasized that Israel remains firmly committed to preserving freedom of worship on Temple Mount.

APRIL 9, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Herzog is welcomed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on March 9.

Israeli ambassador credentialed in Turkey in restoration of ties

Azerbaijan to open embassy in Tel Aviv, first Shi'ite Muslim country to do so

DECEMBER 27, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, REUTERS
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan receives the letter of credence from Israel's new ambassador to Ankara, Irit Lillian, in Ankara, Turkey December 27, 2022.

Lapid continues diplomatic efforts toward Turkey and the EU

Cabinet authorizes new Ambassador to Turkey; EU-Israel Association Council to be relaunched on Monday after a decade.

OCTOBER 2, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Prime Minister Yair Lapid meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Beit al-Turki near the UN headquarters in New York.

Which rabbi did Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan meet in Central Park? - WATCH

President of Turkey took a stroll on Sunday in New York City which he is visiting for the United Nations General Assembly.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets people during the opening ceremony of Eurasia Tunnel in Istanbul, Turkey, December 20, 2016.

Israel will defeat this wave of terrorism, President Herzog tells the ‘Post’

Palestinians "cannot hold the stick from both of its ends and expect that Israel will take risks for there to be a diplomatic process," said President Herzog

MAY 2, 2022ByYAAKOV KATZ, GREER FAY CASHMAN
President Isaac Herzog.

Bennett taking Turkey ties slowly after Erdogan overtures

Erdogan said Israel and Turkey could exchange ambassadors again if Israel changed course in areas Turkey considered "red flags."

DECEMBER 9, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the cabinet meeting, November 21, 2021.

Better Turkey-Israel ties depend on Palestinian issue - Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he "had talks with Israel in the past, but it needs to act more sensitively regarding Palestine."

DECEMBER 8, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2020.

Bennett thanks Turkey's Erdoğan for release of Israeli couple

This was the first public conversation between an Israeli Prime Minister and Erdoğan since 2013.

NOVEMBER 18, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at a cabinet meeting on November 14, 2021

Turkey allows consular visit to jailed Israeli couple

FM Yair Lapid tells media, MKs: Let us work, headlines put Oaknins in danger.

NOVEMBER 14, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a protest against the recent killings of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza-Israel border and the US embassy move to Jerusalem, in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018