Turkey and Israel are close to a deal on normalizing ties more than five years after relations were downgraded, a senior Turkish official said on Tuesday, according to AFP.
Turkish media reports said high-level Turkish and Israeli delegations held a second round of talks in Geneva earlier this month.
"The talks are going on. We are close to concluding a deal (on a full normalization of ties) but it is not over yet so I won't comment further," the Turkish official told reporters in Istanbul.