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(L-R) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Benjamin Netanyahu seen over flags of Turkey and Israel, respectively (illustrative)

Turkey’s NATO veto against Israel undermines global security against Russia, Iran

Syria's newly appointed president for a transitional phase Ahmed al-Shaara meets with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, February 4, 2025.

How Erdogan’s Ottoman energy ambitions threaten Israel and the West

By RUTH WASSERMAN LANDE

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

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Turks and Israelis lose out over trade ban

By KRISTINA JOVANOVSKI/THE MEDIA LINE

TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan leaves a news conference during a NATO leaders summit in Vilnius, last year.

Turkey imposes export restrictions on Israel over Gaza as tensions rise

By REUTERS , EVE YOUNG , TOVAH LAZAROFF

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters following his victory in the second round of the presidential election at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey May 29, 2023.

Turkey imposes export restrictions on Israel until Gaza ceasefire

By REUTERS

A Turkish flag, with the New and the Suleymaniye mosques in the background, flies on a passenger ferry in Istanbul, Turkey, April 11, 2019.

Turkey charges six people with spying for Israel's Mossad

By REUTERS

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey October 28, 2023.

Turkey arrests seven accused of selling information to Israel's Mossad

By REUTERS

Sagiv Yehezkel, an Israeli soccer player on Turkey's Antalyaspor, was fired after showing support for Gaza hostages.

For Erdogan, arrest of Israeli soccer player makes good politics before local elections

Sagiv Yehezkel, an Israeli soccer player on Turkey's Antalyaspor, was fired after showing support for Gaza hostages.

Soccer player detained in Turkey for backing hostages returns to Israel

By TOVAH LAZAROFF , JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan delivers a national statement at the World Climate Action Summit during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 1, 2023.

No chance for peace between Israel, Hamas in Gaza for now - Erdogan

By REUTERS

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators, part of a convoy coming from several Turkish cities, take part in a protest against the U.S. and Israel near the Incirlik Air Base in the southern city of Adana, Turkey November 5, 2023

Pro-Palestinian crowds try to storm air base housing US troops in Turkey

By REUTERS

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, September 19, 2023.

Turkey recalls ambassador from Israel amid Gaza war

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a rally in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey October 28, 2023.

Turkey recalls ambassador, stresses Gaza must be part of Palestinian state

By REUTERS , MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN

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

By DAVID I. KLEIN/JTA , MATT HANSON/JTA

Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, September 19, 2023.

Erdogan says Turkey, Israel to take steps in energy drilling soon -media

By REUTERS

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announces new cabinet during a press conference in Ankara, Turkey June 3, 2023.

Turkey's Erdogan to Jewish leaders: Antisemitism is 'crime against humanity'

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , ZVIKA KLEIN

Jerusalem’s Herzog Medical and Turkey's Üsküdar University collaborate on advanced psychiatric research.

Psychiatrists in Jerusalem and Istanbul collaborate on research

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH