Turkey Israel Relations

US working to establish Israel-Turkey-Syria deconfliction mechanism after Israeli strikes

Turkey condemned Israel's strikes on the Abu al-Dahur airbase in northwestern Syria but did not comment further, including about a potential deconfliction mechanism.

|ByREUTERS
US special envoy for Syria, the ambassador to Turkey Thomas Barrack attends a flag-raising ceremony at the US ambassador's residence in Damascus on May 29, 2025 for the first time since 2011.
Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks to the reporters at Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Antalya, Turkey, April 19, 2026

'Political systems cannot sustain it': Turkish FM calls for sanctions on Israel, Sa'ar retaliates

“Israel is not only Turkey’s problem, and it is not only President Erdoğan’s problem,” the Turkish foreign minister said. “These people have become a burden that humanity can no longer bear."

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, AMIT AVITAN, IDAN KWELLER
SpyX enables tactical teams to organically detect, confirm and hit targets with the ability to carry a variety of warheads up to 2.5 kg such as Anti-Personnel and light vehicles (A/P) and Anti-Tanks (A/T).

Israeli drones, US training center: Morocco is Africa's new military tech hub - opinion

Morocco’s fusion of Israeli precision weapons and Turkish heavy‑strike drones is reshaping Africa’s military balance

|ByAMINE AYOUB
A Hamas terrorist stands guard as workers search for hostage remains.

Turkey signals Hamas could hand over power in Gaza, as Turks seek influence in Strip - report

Emirati newspaper Al-Ain pointed out that recent actions taken by the Turkish government might indicate point to Hamas adharence to the ceasefire, while the Turks seek to gain influence in the Strip.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

Turkish ruling party wants to improve Israel ties after presidents' call

Celik singled out the Palestinians as one of many issues Turkey wants to discuss with Israel, adding that areas such as tourism and trade should be a "win-win" for both nations.

JULY 14, 2021ByREUTERS
TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife greet their supporters during the Grand Congress of his ruling AK Party in Ankara last month.

Jewish scholar calls on Israel government to recognize Armenian genocide

Israel Charny's new book reveals how Turkey pressured Israel to deny the Armenian genocide.

JULY 12, 2021ByJORDAN PIKE
Armenian genocide memorial in Lyon, France 311 (R)

Turkey prepares to clash with Israel, Greece and EU over East Med

Ankara’s goal is to break up Israel’s relations. It has also sought to entice Egypt with claims of reconciliation in the last month.

MARCH 16, 2021BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Turkish seismic research vessel Oruc Reis sails in the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, October 3, 2018

Israel-Turkey relations are not only about Erdogan and Bibi

There are six channels in which civil society cooperation between Israel and Turkey can be intensified.

JANUARY 9, 2021ByNIMROD GOREN
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Forgotten terrorist attack spurs Judeophobic hoax

El Al pilot recalls 1976 Istanbul airport attack raised from obscurity by white supremacist conspiracy theory.

APRIL 24, 2019ByBEN BRESKY
El Al pilot recalls 1976 Istanbul airport attack raised from obscurity by white supremacist conspiracy theory

Erdogan says commitment of all Turks needed to combat attacks on economy

Erdogan has cast the rapid deterioration of the lira as an "economic war."

AUGUST 25, 2018ByREUTERS
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, March 6, 2018

Turkey has Janus face when it comes to opposing nationalism in Israel

Both Turkey and Israel have nationalist roots and are at a crossroads of internal religious and ethnic disputes that are often enshrined in law

JULY 24, 2018BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
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 on May 18.

Erdogan’s victory and Israel’s natural gas exports

Gas companies should push for the rapid implementation of the export deal with Egypt while the Egyptian gas shortage continues.

JULY 16, 2018ByODED ERAN, ELAI RETTIG
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters in Istanbul, Turkey June 24, 2018

Erdogan and Jerusalem

DECEMBER 22, 2017ByNEVILLE TELLER
The Jerusalem Post

Turkish journalists 'humiliated' by Israeli security at cyber conference

Turkish journalists were shocked by their treatment at the hands of Israeli security just as Israeli and Turkey are trying to normalize relations.

JUNE 28, 2017ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Ayoub Kara with Turkish journalists who complained of mistreatement by Israeli security at Cyber Week 2017.