Erdoğan and Netanyahu met in New York

Leaders agreed on mutual visit

Israeli Channel 12 television shared a report claiming that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan may want to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey with a visit to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem next month. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in New York. The leaders, who were in the USA as part of the 78th United Nations General Assembly meetings, met for the first time in many years.

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International media described the meeting as a 'turning point' in the relations between the two countries. In the statement made by Netanyahu's office, it was reported that the two leaders mutually agreed to visit each other's countries in the near future. Israeli Channel 12 television claimed that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan may want to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey with a visit to the Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem next month. However, there has been no official confirmation about the news.

Relations between the two former allies in the Middle East collapsed after Israel attacked the humanitarian aid ship Mavi Marmara, which was trying to break the embargo on Gaza, killing 10 Turkish citizens. Ankara deported the Israeli Ambassador again (two years later) in 2016 after dozens of Palestinians participating in protests on the Gaza border were killed. Likewise, Israel, reacting to Ankara's hosting of Hamas leaders, deported Turkey's Ambassador to Tel Aviv in 2018. Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Turkey in March 2022 and the subsequent visits of the foreign ministers of the two countries contributed to the thawing of the ice.

source: euronews