Netanyahu planned to visit Ankara over the weekend, days after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was set to host Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas this week.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas will both meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey in the coming week.
Ankara’s diplomatic offensive is part of a wider diplomatic era in the region in which the Syrian regime is returning to the Arab League and Iran is doing more outreach.
Do the advantages to Sweden itself, and to the Western world, of joining NATO outweigh the generous, open-hearted, democratic instincts in supporting the Kurds?
In the current Turkish political reality, Erdogan – despite all his anti-Israel and antisemitic baggage – has both the capacity and the motivation to deliver healthier Ankara-Jerusalem ties.
Fidan is someone who has played a key role in relations between Ankara and Jerusalem for many years and had connections with Israeli intelligence leadership.
While the reshuffled Turkish cabinet signals a hoped-for reset in foreign relations and economic recovery, Erdoğan's hold on policy decisions remains strong.
BEHIND THE LINES: In more than two decades of rule, Erdogan has proved adept at neutralizing rival sources and contenders for power.
Both Israel and Turkey are growing in their strategic power, and they recognize how this new politics – which is not just post-Cold War, but also part of a shifting world order – works.
Here is a guide to Turkey's runoff election, the two candidates and the key issues as well as details on how the May 14 parliamentary election unfolded.