New Israeli Ambassador Arrives in Turkey Amid Improving Ties

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New Israeli Ambassador Arrives in Turkey Amid Improving Ties


By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDEC. 1, 2016, 3:09 A.M. E.S.T.

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ANKARA, Turkey — Israel's new ambassador to Turkey has arrived in Ankara as the two countries seek to mend relations that soured after a deadly Israeli naval raid on a Turkish ship headed for Gaza.

Eitan Naeh arrived Thursday morning in the Turkish capital as part of a reconciliation deal clinched in June, ending six years of animosity.

Naeh, quoted by Turkey's state-run Anadolu Agency, noted that Turkey and Israel "have a history of helping each other in times of need." Turkey was among the nations to offer assistance to Israel in battling a series of wildfires that raged across the country last month.

Israeli-Turkish ties declined after now-President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose party has roots in Turkey's Islamist movement, became prime minister in 2003.

Relations imploded in 2010 after a confrontation between Israeli commandos and a Turkish flotilla trying to breach the blockade of Gaza.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/01/world/europe/ap-eu-turkey-israel.html?_r=0

 

[Mentee]

Surely a positive effort for regional stability ---

 

[Solomon2]

Surely a positive effort for regional stability ---

Perhaps even more for Turkey's own stability. Although publicly Gulen denounced the M.M. flotilla, it appears Gulenists were fingered as the culprits behind the subsequent souring of Israel-Turkey relations back in 2014: link.

@Sinan, do you want to comment?

 

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Perhaps even more for Turkey's own stability. Although publicly Gulen denounced the M.M. flotilla, it appears Gulenists were fingered as the culprits behind the subsequent souring of Israel-Turkey relations back in 2014: link.

@Sinan, do you want to comment?

I would say most possible.