Press TV - US National Security Adviser John Bolton has not ruled out that Turkey is a foe of the United States, blasting Ankara for maintaining a very bad relationship with Washingtons close ally Israel. When asked by AM 970 radio host John Catsimatidis on Sunday whether Turkey was a friend or foe to the US, Bolton refused to give a straight answer ...

Turkish lawmakers have approved an agreement to enable reconciliation between Turkey and Israel after a six-year rupture over the killing by Israel of10 Turks. The deal, which had been submitted to the Turkish parliament for approval on Wednesday, was passed on Saturday. Reports did not specify how many votes were cast in favor or potentially ...

The Turkish foreign minister says the parliament will in the near future ratify a recent agreement struck with Tel Aviv to normalize ties following a six-year stalemate brought about by a fatal Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid vessel. I think we will finalize this work before the parliament goes into the summer recess, which starts at the ...

Relations between Turkey and Israel have continued with many ups and downs since 1950. At the beginning of the 1990s, a golden period of stability started in relations between the two sides, which continued until 2009 and 2010. During those two years, first a verbal brawl between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and then Israeli President, Shimon ...

Ankara says Turkey and Israel have made progress towards the conclusion of an agreement aimed at ending a six-year freeze in their relations. The Turkish Foreign Ministry said its undersecretary Feridun Sinirliolu, the Israeli PM's special envoyJoseph Ciechanoverand Israeli generalJacob Nagel met in London Thursday to discuss the reconciliation ...

The informal and confidential meeting between Cohen, the Mossad Chief, Sinerlioglu, and the Turkish Foreign Minister Deputy held in Sweden in press silence to consolidate hidden relations between the two countries again shows the humiliation and inferiority of Erdogans AK Party Islamist government. According to this report, Middle East journalist ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Turkey sees no normalization in ties with Israel unless its conditions for ending the Gaza blockade and compensation for the deaths of nine Turkish activists are met, a presidential spokesman said on Monday. The comments dampen hopes of a long-awaited rapprochement. Relations have been in crisis since 2010, when nine Turkish activists ...