Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Ankara has denied any charges, which also include fraud and money-laundering.
Turkish forces will support the Tripoli-based government against the forces led by Gen. Khalifa Haftar in the east.
Turkey’s efforts to restore the glory days of the Ottoman Empire extend far beyond influence peddling in Jerusalem and on the Temple Mount.
“Turkey sees that its old adversaries, Greece and Cyprus, and its new adversaries, Israel and Egypt, are forming a maritime axis that is blocking [it],” Soner Cagaptay, director of the Turkish Research Program at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, told JNS.
The “Promoting American National Security and Preventing the Resurgence of ISIS Act” would sanction Turkey for purchasing Russian surface-to-air missiles, as well as prohibit the United States from selling Turkey F-16 or F-35 fighter jets.
Israel is “extremely concerned” that Turkey is allowing Hamas terrorists to plan and direct attacks against Israeli civilians from its soil.
“If it is necessary for us to take such a step, of course, we have the authority,” says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
During his first trip beyond Egypt since 2017, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is also scheduled to visit Malaysia, Russia, Qatar, Lebanon, Mauritania and Kuwait, Palestinian sources tell Turkish state media.
“It’s a mistake from our point of view,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon Wiesenthal Center. “It’s a shame that here we are in the 21st century, still debating the past.”
The president also held out hope for a $100 billion trade deal between Washington and Ankara, saying “our markets are open.”
It follows on the heels of the U.S. House of Representatives passing a bill to enact U.S. sanctions against Turkey for its incursion into Syria.
The inauguration this month of Turkey’s second military base in Qatar is a manifestation of the flourishing strategic cooperation between the two countries.
