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Western intelligence source to 'Post': Turkey aims to activate the Syrian T4 air base

This comes amid the growing cooperation between Ahmed al-Sharaa's regime in Syria and the government of Turkish President Erdogan.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa (L) shake hands as they hold a joint press conference after their meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye on February 4, 2025.
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 - analysis

“Just as Hitler, who committed genocide, met his end - so Netanyahu, who committed genocide, will meet his end,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

|ByHERB KEINON
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

Erdogan, who had warmed to Israel in recent years, has regularly met with leaders of Hamas, which is considered a terrorist organization.

|ByDAVID I. KLEIN/JTA, MATT HANSON/JTA
President Isaac Herzog met with Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara March 9, 2022.

President Isaac Herzog congratulates Turkey's Erdogan on election victory

Israel's president turned to social media to extend warm congratulatory remarks to Turkey's re-elected leader.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Turkish PM says Netanyahu on par with Paris terrorists

Netanyahu fires back, calling on the international community to stand united against terrorism and its supporters.

JANUARY 15, 2015ByHERB KEINON
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announces his new cabinet in Ankara, August 29, 2014.

Israeli official: Erdogan rhetoric befits Tehran or Damascus, not a NATO capital

Jerusalem responds to Turkish leader's assertion that "Israel's barbaric attack on al-Aksa Mosque is tantamount to an attack on Turkey."

NOVEMBER 21, 2014ByHERB KEINON, ARIEL BEN SOLOMON
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Turkish president criticizes UN for failure to act in global crises

Lifting the blockade on Gaza and creating a Palestinian state is a “moral necessity,” Erdoğan says.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014ByANNA HIATT
Turkey President Recep Tayyip erdogan