Israel on Friday paid Turkey $20 million in compensation over the 2010 Mavi Marmara tragedy involving a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, Turkish diplomatic sources said, reported Anadolu Agency. On Aug. 20, Turkish parliament approved a deal, involving Tel [ More … ]
Turkey and Israel will exchange ambassadors within the next few weeks following reconciliation between the countries earlier in the summer, Amira Oron, Israel’s charge d’affaires in Ankara, told Anadolu Agency. Oron, who is Israel’s senior [ More … ]
Days after Turkey and Israel reached a deal restoring normalized ties, 11,000 tons of humanitarian aid – including rice, flour, and toys — were loaded on board a ship that left from Turkey to Gaza on Friday. [ More … ]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday conferred with the country’s Attorney General to consider the possible expulsion from the Israeli Knesset of the Arab-Israeli lawmaker Hanin Zoabi, Anadolu Agency reported. Earlier in the day, a [ More … ]
Anadolu Agency reported that Relief supplies for the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip started being loaded Wednesday onto the Lady Leyla, a Panama-flagged ship, in Turkey’s southern port of Mersin. Under the deal, Turkey will be able [ More … ]
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus speaks to press as council of ministers meeting continues at Cankaya Palace in Ankara, Turkey on June 27, 2016. Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday that [ More … ]
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