In recent weeks Turkey has once again stepped up its vocal opposition to Israel’s wars on Gaza and Lebanon, which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan condemns as “genocide”.
In the latest escalation, Turkey last week effectively stopped Israeli President Isaac Herzog from travelling to the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, by denying his aircraft permission to fly in Turkish airspace.
On Saturday, Herzog’s office said the president had cancelled his visit due to “security reasons”, but Turkish sources cited by several news outlets later confirmed the denial of airspace clearance. ….more