Al-Monitor | Amberin Zaman: The resumption of El Al cargo flights to Turkey does not mean that relations between Israel and Ankara have thawed. There has been a surge of optimism lately about a possible thaw in relations between Turkey and Israel. Signs of a possible breakthrough came when Israels national carrier, El Al, resumed its cargo flights ...

As expected, Ankara has begunto take sharp turns in its foreign policy. Followinga statement by Prime Minister Binali Yildirim that Turkey will pursue a more realistic foreign policy to decrease enemiesandincrease friends,the first majorturn has appeared in Israel-Turkey relations. Relations between the two countries were radically degraded after ...

Negotiations between Turkey and Israel in the Italian capital city of Rome took place under conditions when Binali Yildirim, the new Turkish prime minister, had sent one of his most experienced diplomats in the field of the Middle East, that is, Feridun Sinirlioglu, to Rome as the head of Ankaras negotiating team. Sinirlioglu is the person who has ...

Families of the victims of Israels 2010 attack on a Gaza-bound aid ship have condemned an imminentnormalization of relations between Tel Aviv and Ankara. Israeli and Turkish negotiators are expected tomeet on Sunday in Rome aiming to reach an agreement on normalizing relations which deterioratedsix years ago. Ismail Bilgen, whose father was ...

The Tel Aviv regime and Turkey have agreed to normalize relations, seriously damaged over a 2010 fatal raid by Israeli forceson a Turkish aid ship, anofficial says. According to the Israeli official, whose namewas not mentioned in the reports, the two sides reached "understandings" over the issue and drafted a deal during a secret meeting in Switzerland....

Tens of thousands of protesters have held a rally in the Turkish city of Istanbul to commemorate theanniversary of Israels 2010 attack on a Gaza-bound aid ship that left 10 Turkish activists dead. The rally was held on Sunday with the demonstrators assembling at a mosque in the Istanbul district of Fatih for the commemoration event. After holding ...

[caption id="attachment_124850" align="alignright" width="144"] The Turkish ship Mavi Marmara (file photo), which was attacked back in 2010 by Israeli forces (file photo)[/caption] Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have decided not to open a probe into a 2010 Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that left nine Turkish activists ...

The reason for the deadlock in compensation talks between Turkey and Israel is the latters insistency in redressing the damages of the Mavi Marmara victims as an ex gratia payment and not as a result of its wrongful act, a senior Turkish government official has said. In our first meeting [the Israelis] showed no opposition to this. But in the second ...