Israel–Turkey relations

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Islamic countries should form an alliance against what he called "the growing threat of expansionism" from Israel, drawing a rebuke from the Israeli foreign minister.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday received his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in Ankara.

The two presidents met at the Presidential Complex in the Turkish capital, which was closed to the press.

Türkiye's Communications Directorate made a statement regarding the meeting.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to arrive in Türkiye on Aug. 14 for a two-day visit aimed at addressing escalating tensions in the region.

Türkiye on Tuesday slammed the Israeli foreign minister for targeting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

"The Israeli Foreign Minister has made a habit to make banal statements full of slander and lies targeting Türkiye and our President," a Turkish Foreign Ministry statement said.

The rules-based global system as well as human conscience and morality have all collapsed in Gaza with Israel's mass killing of tens of thousands of civilians, mostly women and children, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said, alerting the international community that the world is passing through its hardest ever crises.

Turkish officials rejected Israeli attempts to "denigrate" President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Friday and condemned Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz for his latest provocation.

Katz targeted Erdoğan in a post on social media, claiming that the Turkish president is turning his country into a "dictatorship."

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday told his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden that Netanyahu does not want a cease-fire and emphasized that Israel is working to spread the fire in Gaza to the entire region. 

Turkey condemned on Wednesday the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the Iranian capital, saying the attack aimed to spread the war in Gaza on a regional level.

"It has been revealed once again that the government of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu has no intention of achieving peace," Turkey's foreign ministry said in a statement.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has reiterated that the Israel's continued offensive on the Palestinians is posing a threat to the regional peace and called on the alliance of humanity to stop the genocide taking place in Gaza.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has indicated that Turkey might intervene in Israel, similar to its past actions in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh, although he did not specify the type of intervention he was considering. This statement was reported by Reuters.