Since the March local elections, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has taken several steps against Israel, including suspending all trade, meeting publicly with Hamas leaders, dispatching his foreign minister to meet Hamas officials, and planning to join South Africa in a genocide case against Israel, while encouraging other states to join. Domestically, Erdogan faces challenges following his party's defeat in the elections. He held a significant meeting with the new leader of Turkey's main opposition party, CHP, Ozgur Ozel. This was the first meeting between Erdogan and a CHP leader in nearly eight years, signaling potential shifts in both domestic and foreign policy amid calls from AKP officials for change.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is an outspoken defender of the Palestinians, and specifically of Hamas. He has repeatedly accused Israel of genocide. But for many religious hardliners, this is not enough https://t.co/tz0xBeut0Y 👇
Turkey’s opposition leader meets Erdogan as AKP officials press for change: "Erdogan is in need of allies," @amberinzaman writes https://t.co/TysVrrkkjm
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Turkey’s opposition leader meets Erdogan as AKP officials press for change: "Photographs of the pair before they sat down showed Ozel smiling. A stony-faced Erdogan displayed less enthusiasm" https://t.co/vur4tXoeOr
Turkey‘s steps against Israel over Gaza since March: • Suspended all trade with Israel • Will join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel • Encouraging other states to join the case • Erdogan publicly met and hugged Hamas leaders, dispatched his foreign minister to… https://t.co/Ez2dlQFzLb
Turkey’s opposition leader meets Erdogan as AKP officials press for change, @amberinzaman writes https://t.co/V3g9bhKeKY
Erdogan and new Turkish opposition leader Ozgur Ozel met today for an hour and half after Turkish ruling party’s defeat at the mayoral races in March https://t.co/BzpypxjkBO
President Reçep Tayyip Erdogan held talks with the leader of Turkey's main opposition CHP party on Thursday, the first such meeting in nearly eight years, just one month after the CHP outperformed Erdogan's party in local elections. https://t.co/NHKLC7MUpy
Unaccustomed to losing, President Erdogan now faces an unprecedented crisis of legitimacy with consequences for both domestic and foreign policy, writes @hbarkey. https://t.co/XPfTm5AqJ3
Calling Erdogan’s Bluff on Palestine: "Since October 7, [Turkish] opposition leaders have increasingly sought to leverage the issue of Palestine against Erdogan, accusing him of exploiting the cause" (Umar Farooq & Michael Kaplan) https://t.co/AnhIAcyqln
Erdogan has taken several steps against Israel since March local elections: 1- Restrictions of export to Israel 2- Publicly meeting Hamas leaders 3- Dispatching Fidan to Doha to meet Hamas officials 4- Joining genocide case against Israel https://t.co/4m6ownuxp4