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Jewish / History / Turkey

Turkish Authorities Recover 1,100-Year-Old Tanach from Smugglers

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

A photo from the 28-page, Hebrew manuscript shows the end of the book of Joshua and the beginning of Judges.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Hamas / Turkey

Turkish Authorities Arrest Suspects ‘Spying on Palestinians for Mossad’

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Hamas openly maintains an active headquarters on Turkish soil, which it uses to orchestrate and fund terrorist activity in Judea and Samaria.

Terrorism / Syria / Turkey / Kurds / Kurdistan

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party Tells TPS: ‘We Had Nothing to do with the Attack in Istanbul’

By Baruch Yedid / TPS

An official in the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) denied that the organization had anything to do with Sunday’s terrorist bombing in Istanbul.

Israel / Turkey

Israel Dispatches Senior Diplomat to Help In Release of Couple Held Captive in Turkey

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Israel has not out ruled at this stage the possibility that the arrest has a political background to it, with Turkey trying to leverage the incident for its diplomatic purposes.

Israel / Turkey

Turkey Ready to Resume Exchange of Ambassadors with Israel, says Ankara Official

By Israel Hayom

The main point of contention between the two former allies remains the presence of senior Hamas officials on Turkish soil.

Headline / Terrorism / Hamas / Turkey

Israel Blocks Exit of Terror Operatives Ties to Hamas HQ in Turkey

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Hamas’ HQ for its terror operations in Judea and Samaria and their financing operation works out of Turkey.

Turkey / Video of the Day / Saudi Arabia

What We Know About the Missing Saudi Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

By Jewish Press Staff

Turkish officials say a team of alleged Saudi assassins probably killed a Saudi journalist in Istanbul.

Featured / Politics / Government / Travel / Turkey

Israel Bars 90 Turkish Tourists with Fake Visas

By JNi.Media

The Turks' purpose in the visit was to visit al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, one of the tourists said, stating: “The only dream of the group that consists of mainly young people was to see Jerusalem.”

Featured / Travel / Turkey / Islamists / Jerusalem

Turkey's Erdoğan Promoting Tourism to Israel #ThyKudüseİndirimYap

By Jewish Press News Desk

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is calling on Muslims to visit the Al Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem in solidarity.

Featured / Terrorism / US / Politics / The Courts / Turkey / Islamists

Trump Looks On as Erdogan Maligns Exiled Opponent, Kurdish Rebels

By JNi.Media

The Turks are afraid of any show of Kurdish might, because they are in the midst of a campaign to repress their own Kurdish citizens.

Terrorism / Travel / News Briefs / Turkey / Holidays & Observances / Islamists / Religious & Secular in Israel

Israelis Ignore Warnings, Flock to Turkey for High Holiday Vacation

By JNi.Media

"Israeli tourists by now have figured that every place is dangerous, which is why economic considerations overcome security concerns."

Terrorism / US / Politics / News Briefs / Turkey / Russia / ISIS / NATO

Turkish PM Denies Russia Demanding to Use NATO Nuke Base

By JNi.Media

US-Turkey relations have so deteriorated after the coup that Washington no longer trusts Ankara with the nuclear weapons.

Terrorism / Israel / US / Politics / Global / Travel / News Briefs / Turkey / Business and Economy

Turkish Tourism Worst Casualty of Failed Coup, Terrorism

By JNi.Media

“The confidence factor that Turkey projected abroad has eroded."

News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

What If They Commissioned an Anti-Settlements Exhibition and the Pictures Came Out Pastoral and Innocent?

By JNi.Media

"...this artistic tactic poses with feigned innocence in the likeness of a 19th-century pilgrimage, in which the Holy Land is portrayed through misty eyes."

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Jerusalem / United Nations (UN)

UNESCO to Question Jewish Ties to Western Wall in Arab-Sponsored Draft Resolution

By Jewish Press Staff

The draft refers ten times to Al-Haram Al-Sharif, exclusively using the Islamic term for Temple Mount, without any mention that it is the holiest site in Judaism.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Gaza / Hamas / Government / News Briefs / Turkey / Islamists / Russia

Erdogan Rebukes Gaza Flotilla Organizers for Undermining Israel Deal

By JNi.Media

The current president of the İHH, Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım, has been under investigation by specially authorized prosecutors in Istanbul and Diyarbakır for financing al-Qaeda through his organization.

Into the Fray / Dr. Martin Sherman

Gaza - A Port is No Panacea for Poverty

By Dr. Martin Sherman

Hamas are not burrowing tunnels because Gaza has no port. They are burrowing them despite the fact it does not have one.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs / ISIS

Israeli-Arab Would-Be ISIS Recruit Sentenced in Jerusalem

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Saritah never got past the Istanbul airport, as his passport was expired. He then had to fly to Israel to fix his papers, where upon arrival he was arrested by the Shabak.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Turkey

Bomb Found Near Istanbul Shopping Center

By Jewish Press News Desk

Turkey seems to be undergoing its own wave of Islamic terrorism.

News Briefs / Turkey / Judaism

Alleged Killers Confess to Murdering Turkish Jewish Couple

By Jewish Press Staff

An Uzbek couple has reportedly confessed under interrogation to the murders of a Turkish Jewish couple in Istanbul.

UK / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Turkey / Egypt / Rockets from Gaza / Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Violent “pro-Palestinian” Demonstrations Around World

By Meir Halevi Siegel

Police clash with anti-Israel demonstrators in Cairo, Turkey, London. Protests expected to spread.

Op-Eds

Turkey: A House Divided

By Robert Ellis

The EU Commission's progress report deals with a polarized society and a government that takes repressive measures against citizens who assert their democratic rights.

News Briefs / Turkey / Religion

Riot Police Storm Istanbul’s Taksim Square

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Turkish riot police stormed Taksim Square early Tuesday morning and clashed with protesters, one day before protests leaders were to meet with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Authorities said the police only entered the area '”to clear the banners and flags on [a] statue and the AKM cultural center." However, they also told the […]

Syria / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Media / Islamists / Hezbollah

Echoes of Assad and Mubarak: Erdogan Calls Protesters ‘Vandals’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Erdogan is sounding more like Assad and Mubarak every day. Protesters were vandals,. Now they are terrorists. He is making every mistake possible, fueling the protest movement by insulting it.

Syria / Police and Crime / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Egypt

Erdogan’s Police May Be Using Chemical CR Gas on Protesters (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Turkey is burning. Nine days of riots. Three dead. Erdogan’s police arrest society’s enemy – Twitters. Now, a Turkish doctor charges police are using Condoleezza Rice gas, a chemical agent.

United with Israel

Turkish Protests: Good for Israel?

By Rachel Avraham

The seeds of a Turkish spring are presently being planted within Turkey.

Rubin Reports

Massive Demonstrations Shake Turkey

By Barry Rubin

Demonstrators charged that police undercover agents entered the protest areas, threw stones, and then went back behind the police lines.

Op-Eds

A New Muslim Vision: Rebuilding Solomon's Temple Together

By Sinem Tezyapar

To cast believers out is a heinous and cruel policy, an offense not only to men, but to Islam.

Middle East / Levant / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Islamists

Hitler Honored in Upscale Instanbul Mall

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Turkey is now not only openly hostile to the Jewish State, but also to the Jewish people.

Serials

Freedom Is the Ownership of Time

By Itamar Frankenthal

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