Apple’s first store set to open in Istanbul

Published on May 20, 2013

Consumer technology market analysts expect Apple to start taking a big bite from the emerging market for its products here when it opens its first store in Istanbul in a few months.

Erdogan says will go ahead with Gaza visit

Published on May 16, 2013

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the White House on Thursday that he intends to go ahead with a planned trip to the Gaza Strip next month despite pressure from the United States to delay it.

Turkey’s Erdogan to push Obama on Syria after bombings

Published on May 14, 2013

Turkey's prime minister will push President Barack Obama for more assertive action on Syria during a visit to Washington this week, days after car bombs tore through a Turkish border town in the deadliest spillover of violence yet.

Turkey, Israel reconciliation far from fact

Published on April 9, 2013

Just before President Barack Obama boarded Air Force One to leave Israel on a windy Friday afternoon last month, he made a dramatic announcement.

Israel, Turkey to normalize ties after Israeli apology for 2010 flotilla raid

Published on March 22, 2013

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed to normalize relations after Netanyahu apologized and agreed to compensation for the 2010 Israeli raid on a Turkish-flagged ship that left nine Turks dead.

Retract Zionism slur, U.S. lawmakers urge Turkey’s Erdogan

Published on March 13, 2013

Eighty-nine members of the U.S. Congress signed a letter calling on Turkey's prime minister to retract his comments blasting Zionism.

Israel to allow Turkish construction material into Gaza

Published on February 12, 2013

Israel has agreed to allow Turkish trucks carrying construction materials into the Gaza Strip for the construction of a hospital.

Turkey’s Erdogan says Israel sent ‘richest Jew’ to intercede

Published on September 20, 2012

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a Turkish newspaper that Israel sent "the richest Jewish man in the world" to create better relations between the two countries.

July 12, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on July 12, 2012

Israelis warned of imminent attack in Turkey

Published on March 14, 2012

Israelis have been warned against traveling to Turkey in light of intelligence that terrorists are planning an attack against Israelis or Jewish targets in the coming days.

Turkey’s Erdogan: Israel must stop its ‘massacre’ of Palestinians in Gaza

Published on March 13, 2012

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan severely criticized Israel's recent airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip, saying in a speech on Tuesday that the attacks represented a "massacre" of the coastal enclave's residents.

Opinion: It’s time to stand up to Erdogan

Published on September 19, 2011

When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the United Nations this week, he likely will repeat his demand that the world body “raise the Palestinian flag” without acknowledging that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas refuses to negotiate with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders still call for the destruction of Israel.

Turkey to return confiscated Jewish property

Published on August 29, 2011

The Turkish government announced it will return property confiscated from Jews and Christians over the past seven decades.