Tag: Istanbul

“I have a small condition about my blood pressure related to my diabetes,” Erdogan said.

“Stamford Hill Shomrim are in touch with the Metropolitan Police Service and have urged the local community to be vigilant and report anything suspicious."

The Turks are afraid of any show of Kurdish might, because they are in the midst of a campaign to repress their own Kurdish citizens.

The conversation, defined as a “clarification call,” was held at the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

"Each day that Jerusalem is under occupation is an insult to us,” Erdogan said, in a clear attempt to incite a new intifada.

"We will not allow the silencing of prayers from the heavens of Jerusalem," said Erdogan -- but the threat never existed.

The Dubai partner of GEM TV head Saeed Karimian was also killed in the same attack.

Kazmar was indicted in the Samaria Military Court on March 30 for a number of severe security offenses.

Turkish security officials foiled massive terror attacks in a raid that netted suicide bombing belts, detonators and weapons.

Israeli envoys to Turkey have reported in to confirm they are safe after the second terrorist attack to strike the country this week leaves two people dead in the city of Izmir.

None of them is the actual lone gunman who carried out the attack at the Reina nightclub early Sunday morning.

ISIS called Turkish authorities "servants of the cross" and the killer who took dozens of lives, a "heroic soldier of the caliphate."

Three other young Arab Israeli women were hurt in the shooting attack.

Terrorists attacked one of the most famous nightclubs in Istanbul on New Year's Eve, killing dozens and wounding more.

A Turkish Jewish woman married to a non-Jewish Turkish man was killed in Istanbul in unclear circumstances.

Dozens of Turkish police officers died in twin suicide bombing attacks in Istanbul this weekend.

Turkish security forces arrested ten suspects in Saturday night's attack where 29 were killed, 27 of them police.

Israel's prime minister condemned a deadly bombing in Istanbul, and called on Turkey to do the same when Israel is targeted.

US President-elect Trump assured NATO of America's continued support for the alliance, and for Europe's security.

PM Netanyahu says the second UNESCO resolution adopted on Jerusalem is more "theater of the absurd."

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz and his Turkish counterpart met while at the World Energy Conference in Istanbul; the two explored the possibility of a natural gas pipeline from Israel to Turkey.

There's a massive blast when an explosive-laden motorcycle detonates outside an Istanbul police station near Ataturk Airport.

"Israeli tourists by now have figured that every place is dangerous, which is why economic considerations overcome security concerns."

Ishak Alaton was one of the founders of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) and the Open Society Foundation.

US-Turkey relations have so deteriorated after the coup that Washington no longer trusts Ankara with the nuclear weapons.

The agreement to normalize ties between Turkey and Israel has gone to a final vote in the Turkish Parliament.

How the mighty are fallen: Istanbul has become a city where Syrian refugees live in constant fear, and some die as they would back home.

The purge of civil service workers and officials by the Turkish government continues in the wake of last week's attempted coup.

Events continue to unfold in Turkey, where 9,000 police officers were fired, and more than 6,000 military personnel were arrested.

“The confidence factor that Turkey projected abroad has eroded."