Turkey

Torah-based symphonic poem to be performed in Istanbul

Music written by Israeli composer Baruch Berliner to be performed in a Muslim country for only the third time.

On way to cemetery, 'stillborn' baby cries

Doctors tell couple their baby who was delivered at 5 months was dead, only for child to cry right before he was to be buried.

Turkey unveils domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine

Turkey begins administering its Turkovac vaccine at hospitals across the country.

First-ever victims of Bronze Age eruption found near Turkey

International research collaboration unearths remarkable discovery within tsunami debris.

Ancient synagogue discovered near Turkish tourist hotspot

Excavations reveal ancient synagogue in Turkish town near tourist hotspot of Antalya. Synagogue dates back to 7th century.

Watch: Brawl erupts in Turkish parliament

Brawl breaks out at Turkish parliament as lawmakers debate budgets and policy.

Erdogan: Israel must be 'more sensitive' to Palestinian Arabs

Turkish President says he is open to improved relations with Israel, but it must display “more sensitive” policies toward Palestinian Arabs.

Assassination attempt foiled in Turkey

Turkish police have announced that an attempt was made on President Erdogan's life with a bomb planted under a car in his motorcade.

Erdogan promises steps to improve relations with Israel

Turkish President says his country will take steps to improve relations with Egypt and Israel similar to those taken with the UAE.

Erdogan: Our goal is to protect Palestinians and their ambitions

Turkish Pres. Erdogan blasts Israeli policy on 'illegal settlements,' demolitions in Jerusalem. 'We must not do anything to harm ambitions.'

Lapid to Turkey: Shut down Hamas' offices

Foreign Minister calls on Turkey to follow Britain and outlaw the terrorist organization.

PM Bennett meets Israeli couple released from Turkish prison

Prime Minister meets Natali and Mordy Oknin, says the prayers for their release from Turkey moved him.

Likud MK: Erdogan is an enemy, Mansour Abbas is his partner

MK Yisrael Katz blasts Turkish President and adds: He now has a partner in the government here - Mansour Abbas.

Gold-plated medieval Jewish prayer book recovered in Turkey

Tiny centuries old prayer book featuring gold-plated lettering was discovered by an anti-smuggler police team in the trunk of a car.

Bennett thanks Erdogan for return of Israeli couple

PM speaks with Turkish President following release of Israeli couple arrested for 'espionage' in Istanbul.

Warm welcomes for Natali & Mordy Oknin

'No deal involved' in obtaining release of couple from Turkish prison, says unnamed official.

Oknins back in Israel: 'My mother is holding my hand'

'Many of the details of their release can't be revealed,'says daughter.

Israeli couple released from jail in Turkey and return home

Mordy and Natali Oknin released from jail in Turkey and return to Israel after nine days.

Mother held in Turkey: 'Are my daughters still alive?'

Israeli woman held in Turkish prison speaks with her family on the phone, seeks reassurances they're all right.

Bennett to detained couple's family: Efforts around the clock

Prime Minister thanks family of Natali and Mordy Oknin for their restrained conduct as couple remains in prison on espionage charges

Video is proof of absurdity of claim that Natali Oknin is a spy

Attorney unearths video of Natali Oknin in Egged ad, strengthening the line of defense of couple suspected of espionage in Turkey.

Israeli diplomats visit couple in Turkish prison

Israeli consul in Istanbul visits couple arrested for 'espionage' after taking picture of Erdogan's palace.

Turkish Minister accuses Israeli couple of military espionage

Süleyman Soylu says couple who photographed Erdogan's palace committed "political and military espionage" as Israel seeks their release.

Attorney meets imprisoned Israeli: I promised to bring him home

Attorney Nir Yeslovich visits Mordy Oknin in Turkish prison after he and his wife were arrested for 'espionage.'

Turkey approves Israel's request to meet with arrested couple

Israeli diplomats to be allowed to visit couple in prison who were arrested for 'espionage' after photographic Erdogan's palace.

National Security Council issues travel warning to Turkey

Israeli tourists staying in Turkey advised to leave the country as soon as possible.

Israeli reporter detained by the Turks, then released

Turkish security personnel question Channel 13 News correspondent Ali Mograbi, who is covering the arrest of the Israelis in the country.

Bennett: Israeli couple arrested in Turkey innocent

PM at Cabinet meeting says Israel doing everything to bring home couple arrested for 'espionage' in Turkey, calls to vaccinate children.

Israelis arrested in Turkey

'We'll even turn to haters of Israel to help bring them home'

Family member of Israeli couple being held in Turkey for 'espionage' describes what family is going through.

Israel's leaders reassure couple charged in Turkey

Israel's highest officials are personally intervening to help the Israeli couple arrested in Turkey.

Turkey: Israeli couple to be charged with espionage

Mordy and Natali Oknin, detained for photographing the palace of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, suspected of espionage. Remand extended.

Couple arrested likely to be deported from Turkey

Mordy and Natali Oknin were arrested for photographing President Erdogan's palace. Today they will be brought before a local judge.

Israeli couple arrested while on vacation in Turkey

Israeli couple in their 40s arrested in Turkey - reportedly for photographing presidential palace.

The extinction of Jewish heritage in northern Cyprus

The Turkish invasion brought with it destruction to non-Muslim historic sites, such as relics of Jewish life since the Temple era .Op-ed.

Turkish police confiscate smuggled 1,000-year-old Jewish Books

Four books and an ancient Torah scroll were illegally smuggled into Turkey from a synagogue in Damascus.

Divisions strike the Muslim Brotherhood

Experts say this is the deepest crisis in the Muslim Brotherhood's history. Op-ed.

Turkey deports Syrians who shared images of them eating bananas

Turkey deporting at least seven Syrians for “provocatively” eating bananas in images shared on social media.

Afghanistan's last Jew stuck in limbo in Turkish hotel room

Zebulon Simentov allegedly demands $10 million dollars and money for a winter coat to move to Israel, where he has family.

Mossad spies captured in Turkey identified

The 15 have reportedly confessed during interrogation.

The German-Turkish deadly love affair

A dossier should be put together on how Angela Merkel capitulated to Erdogan - and why. Op-ed.

US proposes sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey

Erdogan says the United States had proposed the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey in return for its investment in the F-35 program.

Erdogan: Turkey intends to buy S-400 from Russia

Turkish President says Turkey still intends to buy second batch of S-400 missile defense systems from Russia.

Watch: NATO Allies 'migrate' north for the summer

Yissachar Ruas joins the Turkish Air Force 161 Filo flying their F-16 Fighter jets as part of the NATO Air Policing Mission.

Watch: Erdogan says Taliban offered him control of Kabul Airport

Turkey alleges its considering Taliban request to help operate Kabul airport after Western forces withdraw.

Turkey repatriates Jewish man jailed for buying party drug

French-Jewish man returns to France after 4 years of imprisonment in Turkey for buying drug popular in France.

This rabbi is tweeting his Jewish heritage road trip in Turkey

Israeli-born Chabad rabbi is taking an unorthodox Jewish heritage road trip through Turkey, and is documenting it all on Twitter.

'Most of the infections are returnees from Turkey'

Coronavirus Cordinator for Arab society: Returnees from Turkey are the most prominent source of coronavirus infection.

Erdogan speaks to Israeli President Herzog

Turkish President congratulates Isaac Herzog on his inauguration. The presidents emphasized the importance of Turkish-Israel relations.

Erdogan: We will not remain silent about Israel's atrocities

Turkish President hosts PA chairman, says Turkey will not remain silent against the “Israeli oppression” of Palestinian Arabs.

Arab-Israeli kicked out of Turkey for wiping nose on bill

Arab man wipes nose on bill before using it to pay at a Turkish restaurant - and is sent back to Israel.

Turkish 'mafia king' releasing inside info. on top officials

A convicted mafia boss says his life is in danger after releasing a series of tell-all videos about Erdogan's top aides.

Europe will be Islamic: Turkey’s Great Plan

Post-Christian Europe must understand this hegemonic project, anti the individualistic values ​​of the West, before it is too late. Op-ed.

Erdogan sues rival who compared him to Netanyahu

Turkish President seeks $30,000 in damages from rival who compared him to Israeli Prime Minister.

Turkish Jewish group defends Erdogan from anti-Semitism claims

Jewish Confederation of Turkey tweets in defense of President Erdogan after he uses 'Jews' and 'Israelis' interchangeably.

US condemns Erdogan's 'anti-Semitic' remarks on Israel

State Department spokesman says "anti-Semitic language has no place anywhere" after Turkish President refers to Israel as a "terror state".

Close aide of former ISIS leader nabbed in Turkey

Afghan national who was a close aide of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi caught in Istanbul.

Thousands of Turks demand answers over missing $128 billion

A mass campaign is underway in Turkey, questioning how $128 bil disappeared from nation's forex reserves as Erdogan launches crackdown.

Turkey summons US ambassador

Turkey says Biden's statement recognizing massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as a genocide had no legal basis.

Biden informs Erdogan of plan to recognize Armenian Genocide

Biden's expected declaration that the Armenia massacre was a genocide risks angering Turkey but makes good on Biden's campaign pledge.

Biden to announce formal recognition of Armenian Genocide

Officials say that it is likely Biden will make historic announcement recognizing that massacre of Armenians by the Ottomans was a genocide.