Feridun Sinirlio

The normalization of relations with Israel is expected to begin as negotiations between the two countries advance toward the final step, Turkish presidential spokesperson ?brahim Kal?n said April 25.

Turkish and Israeli teams have made progress toward finalizing an agreement to mend ties between the two countries, agreeing that a deal will be finalized in the next meeting to be convened "very soon," Ankara has announced.

The fight against terror will top Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an's agenda during a continuing visit to Washington, where he held talks with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry before an anticipated informal meeting with President Barack Obama on April 1. 

Last week's suicide bomb attack in Istanbul that killed three Israelis and one Iranian citizen has produced one rather unexpected result. The fact that Turkish authorities have tried to do their best to help Israeli diplomats heal their wounds in the aftermath of the March 19 suicide bombing have been sincerely appreciated by the Israeli administration. 

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu met with two senior United States diplomats on March 23 to discuss ongoing efforts to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and to resolve the Syrian problem through peaceful means. 

The director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Dore Gold, has thanked the Turkish government for what it did in the aftermath of the Istanbul attack that killed three Israeli citizens and underlined the need for an alliance in the fight against terror. 

The director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Dore Gold, has thanked the Turkish government for what it did in the aftermath of the Istanbul attack that killed three Israeli citizens and underlined the need for an alliance in the fight against terror. 

Israel hailed the sincere and very helpful cooperation it has received from Turkish officials in the immediate aftermath of deadly Istanbul attack in which its three citizens have been killed and envisaged this good as a way to help talks for the normalization of relations strained after the Mavi Marmara crisis of 2010. 

A senior Israeli official is scheduled to pay a rare visit to Turkey on March 20 after a suicide bomb attack killed three Israeli citizens and wounded another three in the touristic center of Istanbul's Beyo?lu district.

Turkey has informed world leaders, including the United States and Russia, that deadly Ankara car bombing was perpetrated by Syria's Democratic Union Party's (PYD) military wing, in an obvious message that they should no longer cooperate and support the Syrian Kurdish group.