Erdogan Signals Turkey-Israel Thaw After Years of Tensions
- President suggests possible talks over proposed gas pipeline
- Turkey’s attempting to calm many of its international disputes
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Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan signaled an emerging thaw with Israel after more than a decade of tensions, throwing his support behind a major energy project involving the once-close allies and floating the idea of a visit by Israel’s figurehead president, Isaac Herzog.
“There are talks we are having with Mr. Herzog, he may pay a visit to Turkey,” Erdogan said Tuesday in Ankara at a joint press conference with Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vucic. He didn’t elaborate on when a visit might happen.