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| September 25, 2014
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Egyptian FM exposes Erdogan’s UNGA speech as ‘full of lies & fabrications’

 

After the Turkish president accused Egypt’s President al-Sissi of taking power in a coup d’État in his UN speech, Egypt’s Foreign Ministry responded with a condemning statement. 

 

Egypt on Thursday slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s comments at the UN General Assembly, in which he said that President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi came to power in a coup.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during the 69th session of the UNGA.

In this September 24, 2014, photo, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks during the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters. – Photo: AP

Speaking to representatives of 193 countries at the annual high-level UN meeting on Wednesday, Erdoğan said, “If we are going to defend people who come to power through coups, then I ask the question why we exist as the United Nations.”

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| July 27, 2014
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Egypt summons Turkish Ambassador over Erdogan’s anti-Sisi remark

Turkey’s PM Erdoğan accused Cairo of lacking a ‘sincere approach’ to the Palestinian issue, and Erdoğan last month called Egypt’s President Sisi an “illegitimate tyrant.”

By REUTERS

 

CAIRO – Egypt will summon the Turkish charge d’affaires in protest at comments by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who accused Egypt of lacking a sincere approach to the Palestinian issue, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

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Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – Photo: AFP

Erdoğan made the comments in a recent interview with broadcaster CNN. The most senior Turkish diplomat in Egypt was already summoned earlier this month after Erdoğan called Egypt’s President an “illegitimate tyrant”. Continue Reading »

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| July 20, 2014
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Turkey’s Erdogan spews more hate: Israel “surpassed Hitler in barbarism”

 

Joining Turkey, another of Israel’s foes, Venezuela condemns Israeli ‘genocide’ & ‘extermination’ in Gaza, in latest round of int’l condemnations.

 


By Reuters

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Saturday of having “surpassed Hitler in barbarism” through its attacks on Gaza, but warned Turks against taking out their anger on the country’s Jewish community.

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan – screenshot

Erdogan continued to ratchet up his rhetoric against the Jewish State over its offensive, threatening to further harm to already badly frayed relations between the two countries, once regional allies.

Meanwhile, Venezuela’s socialist government condemned Israeli strikes in Gaza on Saturday as a policy of genocide that could not be justified as like-for-like warfare. Continue Reading »

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| July 15, 2014
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Turkey’s PM Erdogan says Israel’s Knesset Member Ayelet Shaked thinks like Hitler

In his speech to Turkey’s parliament Turkish PM says ties between Israel and Ankara wouldn’t normalize if Israel continues ‘to kill innocent children,’ and strike at Gaza.

 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has compared Habayit Hayehudi lawmaker Ayelet Shaked to Adolf Hitler and accused Israel of committing “state terror” against the Palestinians.
Erdogan addresses party members at the Turkish parliament in Ankara. June 24, 2014.

Erdogan addresses party members at the Turkish parliament in Ankara. June 24, 2014. – Photo: Reuters

The Knesset member earlier this month wrote on Facebook, “Who is the enemy? The Palestinian people. Why? Ask them, they started it.”

In a weekly address to his parliamentary group Tuesday, Erdogan said Shaked’s mentality was like Hitler’s.

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| May 29, 2014
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Mordechai Kedar: Israel Stands Up to Turkey – Like a Wimp

Op-Ed: Jerusalem must change its tactics vis a vis Turkey. Erdoğan is not Israel’s friend.

Dr. Mordechai Kedar

 

From the first day on which the Islamic Party gained control of the government of Turkey, Israel has attempted to pacify and reassure Erdogan,  despite that leader’s proven antagonism to Jews – in line with his extreme Islamic approach –  that was all too evident by the 1980’s. During that period, he wrote a play called “Mas-kum-ya”, an abbreviation of “The Free builders, Communists and Jews” and recently called an anti-Erdogan demonstrator “Jewish seed”, considered a most denigrating and humiliating insult in Turkey. Continue Reading »

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| May 7, 2014
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Turkish report: Ankara discussed Naval Invasion into Israeli Waters

Turkish newspaper article reveals details of secret high-ranking meeting hours before the Mavi Marmara flotilla to Gaza incident, where the possibility of war with Israel was considered.

By Ege Berk Korkut

 

A Turkish newspaper has released details of a high-level meeting of the country’s military leaders, in which the Turkish government had considered sending warships into Israel as a military escort for the Mavi Marmara flotilla – and the possibility of triggering a war with the Jewish state as a result.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan – Reuters

On May 31 2010, nine Turkish Islamists were killed on the flotilla after violently attacking IDF soldiers, during an attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade on the terrorist group Hamas-enclave Gaza. Continue Reading »

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| April 29, 2014
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Erdoğan: Agreement with Israel almost reached; normalization a matter of days, weeks

Turkish PM says in an exclusive interview with American journalist Charlie Rose, the only delay to assigning ambassadors & resuming diplomatic relations is final agreement on Turkish aide to Palestinians.

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In an exclusive interview with American journalist Charlie Rose on Tuesday, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that an agreement on compensation between Turkey and Israel had been reached and that normalization between the two countries was, “a matter of days, weeks” away. However, he also stated that discussions about Turkish humanitarian aide to Palestinians was holding up a finalization of the agreement.

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan addresses members of the parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara on January 28, 2014 – Photo: Adem Altan /AFP

Israeli diplomatic officials disputed assertions by the Turkish media on Monday that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was delaying approval of a compensation agreement with Turkey that would bring to an end the Mavi Marmara saga. Continue Reading »

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| March 27, 2014
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Israel unacquainted with Turkish reports of Mavi Marmara compensation deal

 

The Israeli gov’t claims to be unaware of Turkish papers reporting Israel to pay Turkey $21 million for deaths in 2010 raid on Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara, & an end to the Gaza blockade, after which Erdoğan will visit Israel’s capital of Jerusalem.

By Ynetnews, AFP

 

Israel knows nothing about a reported final compensation agreement for a deadly IDF raid on a Turkish Gaza-bound flotilla in 2010, and did not coordinate any announcement on the matter, a source in Jerusalem told Ynet on Thursday.

Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan & Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu – Photo: REUTERS

The statement came after varying reports of a deal emerged in the Turkish media, including one report that Israel would end the blockade on the Gaza Strip. Continue Reading »

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| March 7, 2014
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Erdoğan quips Turkey may ban Facebook & YouTube to leash opponents

Forced to confront his former political ally, the struggling Turkish prime minister aims to silence criticism from his political enemies on internet sites.

By REUTERS

 

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey could ban Facebook and YouTube, which he says have been abused by his political enemies, after local elections on March 30.

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The Power of Facebook – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

Erdogan is locked in a power struggle with the US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, a former ally who he says is behind a stream of “fabricated” audio recordings posted on the Internet allegedly revealing corruption in his inner circle.

“We are determined on this subject. Continue Reading »

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| February 12, 2014
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Erdoğan says ‘No normalization with Israel until Gaza siege lifted’

 

 

Turkish PM Erdoğan cools talks of progress on normalization, saying apology and compensation for 2010 flotilla victims is not sufficient.

By i24NEWS

 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan put a damper on reports that Ankara and Jerusalem were approaching normalization of ties Tuesday, demanding a written Israeli promise that it will lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip as a condition for signing a reconciliation agreement.

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Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan addresses members of the parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara on January 28, 2014 – Photo: Adem Altan /AFP

Addressing reporters in Ankara alongside Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, Erdoğan said that negotiations with Israel have progressed, but have not ended. Continue Reading »

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| November 3, 2013
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Turkey After Israeli Natural gas, but Politics in the Way

 

Proposed future natural gas pipeline project between Israel-Turkey has estimated value at $3.5 billion.

By Reuters

 

 

Turkey’s Zorlu Energy is in talks with Israeli firms over the potential for a pipeline to carry Israeli natural gas to Turkey, industry sources say, but the political rift between the two former allies is holding up progress.

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The drilling rig at the Leviathan offshore natural gas field. – Photo: Albatross

Israel could become a gas exporter by the end of the decade after the discovery of two major offshore fields off its Mediterranean coast – Leviathan and Tamar.

Turkey, dependent on imports for almost all of its energy, is looking to diversify away from expensive Russian gas and could become a customer as well as providing a transit route to other markets, particularly Europe. Continue Reading »

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| October 19, 2013
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Kidnapped Lebanese Shi’ite pilgrims in Syria finally freed

Possible 3-way deal included release of 2   Turkish pilots held by Lebanese militants  & hopefully will also secure the release of female prisoners jailed by Assad’s gov’t.

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Nine Shi’ite pilgrims from Lebanon kidnapped in Syria were freed late Friday night as part of a negotiated hostage deal that could see two Turkish pilots held by Lebanese militants released, officials said.

Lebanese Army soldiers patrol the road leading to Beirut international airport

Lebanese Army soldiers patrol the road leading to Beirut international airport, following the kidnap of a Turkish airlines pilot and his colleague in Beirut, August 9, 2013. – Photo: Reuters

The complicated three-way deal also potentially includes the release of female prisoners now held by the embattled government of Syrian President Bashar Assad. Continue Reading »

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| August 26, 2013
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Normalization talks between Turkey & Israel reach roadblock

Gov’t sources from Jerusalem say Ankara’s insistence on calling payments to the families of the Mavi Marmara victims “punitive damages” and not “compensation” brought the negotiations to a halt.

By Shlomo Cesana

 

Government officials have signaled that Israel’s efforts to normalize its diplomatic relations with Turkey have failed.

Still not seeing eye to eye, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan – Photo: Reuters

Israel-Turkey relations soured in May 2010, when Israeli naval commandos boarded the ship Mavi Marmara to enforce Israel’s naval blockade on the Gaza Strip. The commandos were attacked by the passengers on board and the ensuing clash left nine Turkish nationals dead and several Israeli soldiers wounded. Continue Reading »

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| August 25, 2013
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Erdoğan denounces US for criticizing his claim that Israel mastered Morsi’s downfall

Turkish PM blames Israel for Morsi’s ousting & the unrest in Egypt, saying the US’s condemnation of his accusation shows the world’s “double standard”.

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL

 


 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan chastised Washington for having denounced his claim, made last Tuesday, that Israel was behind the coup that deposed Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood- affiliated president, Mohamed Morsi.

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party

Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party – Photo: REUTERS

“What is it to the White House that it should respond?” Erdoğan said on Saturday. “It should not have mentioned it, it should not have reacted like this.

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| August 21, 2013
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MK Liberman: Turkey’s PM Erdogan is Nazi propagandist

MK Avigdor Liberman reacts angrily to PM Erdogan’s decoration that Israel was behind  Morsi’s downfall in Egypt, saying the Turkish PM’s “hate & incitement” only proves he was right in opposing Jerusalem’s apology to Ankara over Mavi Marmara affair.

By HERB KEINON
 

 

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s hateful and incitement filled words against Israel is reminiscent of Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, Yisrael Beytenu MK Avigdor Liberman said Wednesday.

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Avigdor Liberman – Photo: reuters

Liberman, currently the head of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and former foreign minister, spurned the restraint demonstrated by the Prime Minister’s Office and the Foreign Ministry toward Erdogan’s charge Tuesday that  Israel was behind the downfall of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi.

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