Turkish israeli relations

Israeli woman arrested in Turkey on charges of anti-Palestinian rhetoric, denouncing Erdogan

The Foreign Ministry confirmed that it was aware of an Israeli citizen who was detained in Istanbul. N12 reported she has been held for 10 days.

|ByJAMES GENN
Turkish police arresting an Israeli woman in Taksim Square, Istanbul, January 2026.
Izzet Bana, musician and adviser to the series "The Club" poses in Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul on March 8, 2022. - Turkish series "The Club", whose first season was released on Netflix in January, is the first Turkish series to shed light on Turkey's Jewish community featuring the persecutions

Discrimination against Jews in Turkey rising, report says

Catholic charity ACN says religious minorities, including Jews, face growing hostility, hate speech and state-favored Sunni policies since October 2023.

|ByELI LEON
A Turkish Airlines airplane; illustrative.

Turkish Airlines weighs request to resume Israel flights - report

The decision would mark the end of a nearly two-year period without Turkish Airlines flights at Ben Gurion Airport.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli soldiers block the entrance to the village of Beita, in the West Bank on September 13, 2023,

Death of US-Turkish activist in West Bank 'non-accidental,' Washington Post claims

A Washington Post probe claims that Aysenur Eygi was killed by IDF fire over half an hour after when the Israeli military claimed.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MAARIV

Despite Turkey-Israel accord, gas deal complex

National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Minister Yuval Steinitz welcomed the agreement, saying it was a sign the two countries had chosen “the way of peace.”

JUNE 28, 2016ByARIEL BEN SOLOMON, MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN
Israel and Turkey flags

Erdogan: Anti-Semitism is a crime, Islamophobia should be too

"I am one of the first political leaders officially declaring that anti-Semitism is a crime," he said.

APRIL 3, 2016ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkish terror victim Yonatan 'Yoni' Suher laid to rest at kibbutz

At the time of the attack, Suher was on vacation with his wife, Inbal, to celebrate his birthday.

MARCH 21, 2016ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
A man places carnations and a candle at the scene of a suicide bombing at Istiklal street, a major shopping and tourist district, in central Istanbul

Turkish columnist accused of being a ‘Jewish stooge’ for disparaging AKP

Kaplan has a history of making anti-Semitic remarks, having previously written that Jews “rule the Western universities and world media.”

FEBRUARY 24, 2016BySAM SOKOL
Women wave flags outside the AK Party headquarters in Ankara, Turkey

Might Turkish-Israeli rapprochement be premature?

Recent developments in Turkey and Israel have led analysts to speculate that there is a possibility of a Turkish-Israeli rapprochement.

JANUARY 13, 2016ByMORAN STERN
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Turkey–Israel normalization – why ever not?

DECEMBER 29, 2015ByNEVILLE TELLER
The Jerusalem Post

Adherence to Anti-Israeli narrative is a sure sign of confusion

AUGUST 30, 2015ByMARC DUBEY
The Jerusalem Post

Turkey pulls out of Munich defense conference because of Israel

The Munich Security Conference is an annual event that brings together some of the world's top policy makers in foreign and defense policy.

FEBRUARY 6, 2015ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, REUTERS
A passenger ship, with the old city's monuments Blue mosque (L) and Hagia Sophia museum (R) in the background, sets sail in the Bosphorus in Istanbul

Liberman calls Turkey's Erdogan 'an anti-Semitic, neighborhood bully'

Netanyahu calls on world to condemn Turkish president for supporting terrorists.

JANUARY 14, 2015ByHERB KEINON
Liberman and Erdogan

Erdogan to Europe: Eradicate anti-Muslim racism before daring to criticize Turkey

Turkish police earlier this month raided media outlets close to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen.

DECEMBER 26, 2014ByREUTERS
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan