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 ...

Press TV - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly condemned the Israeli regime as the most fascist and racist in the worldin the wake of the passage of a controversial law in the Israeli parliament, which defines the occupied territories as the so-called nation-state of the Jewish people. This law shows this regimes real intentions....

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 ...

Turkeys foreign minister has reportedly said that his country and Israel wouldsoon release a joint statement, announcing an end to six years of afreeze in their relations. Mevlut Cavusoglu made the remarks in a recent cabinet meeting attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the process of reconciliation with Tel Aviv, Turkish daily ...

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....

Kerry arrives in an Ankara eager for role in Mideast diplomatic process; Iranian ambassador says Turkey's constant resistance proves "we can take what we want to take from Israel." When apologizing last month for operational errors that might have led to the loss of life on the Mavi Marmara flotilla, Israel realized this would be perceived by some ...