Turkey

'Mossad Network': Turkish media links $3 billion fraud ring to Israel's intelligence agency

Turkey arrests over 200 suspects in a $3 billion investment scam as local media outlets are aggressively framing the international fraud ring as a covert "Mossad network."

Istanbul police chief, Selami Yildiz, speaks during a press conference Friday, 18th September 2026
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan talks during a press conference following the first committee meeting under the joint defense accord, the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement, in Istanbul, Turkey, August 31, 2026.

Turkey says it could help meet Saudi military needs under defense pact

A WORKER rests next to an oil pump in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Voices from the Arab Press: Red lines in Syria, Azerbaijani oil, and Anwar Sadat

A Turkish flag waves atop the Turkish embassy as an Israeli flag is seen nearby, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 26, 2016

Nine Israelis arrested as Turkey probes $3 b. international fraud network


Implications for Israel, India: Is the Mecca pact a dangerous piece of theatre? - opinion

Israel and India's strongest response to a new security bloc may not be another bloc. It is the ability to stand independently and to have capable partners standing with you.

TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, next to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, after signing a joint defense agreement in Mecca, on August 7, 2026.

International contention continues as eight more countries condemn Israel's E1 settlement plan

A spokesperson for the US State Department spoke to N12 News later on Friday, saying that the US government "does not support annexation."

View of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on May 19, 2026.

Turkey requests 'red notice' be issued against Netanyahu 'at international level'

The request announced by Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gürlek follows an IDF strike on the Abu al-Duhur military airfield in northwestern Syria's Idlib province on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a state ceremony reburying Shimon and Rivka Herzl, the grandparents of Theodor Herzl, on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem, August 5, 2026

Israel’s new Syria dilemma: Netanyahu’s Russia playbook faces 'Turkey test'

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Can the kind of deconfliction mechanism PM Benjamin Netanyahu established with Putin in Syria be replicated with Erdogan’s Turkey?

ANKARA IS seeking to entrench itself in Syria for strategic and economic reasons, but Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s broader ideological and historical ambitions are putting Turkey on a collision course with Israel, the writer argues. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Erdogan.

Diplomacy becomes essential national security tool to combat Turkey's growing strength- editorial

Recent strikes raise an uncomfortable question about the US-supervised “joint fusion mechanism” that Israel, Syria, and the United States agreed on and what it accomplished.

A Turkish flag waves atop the Turkish embassy as an Israeli flag is seen nearby, in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 26, 2016

US planning to block Abbas from addressing UN next month, sources tell 'Post'

One person with knowledge told the Post that Abbas reportedly asked Turkey for help to convince the US to reverse the decision. 

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during the 8th General Conference of Fatah in Ramallah in May 2026.

Turkey ‘crossed a red line’ in Syria, Israeli ambassador to US Leiter tells ‘Post’ - interview

“We are not seeking escalation or war with either Turkey or Syria. But a redline was crossed," Israel's envoy to the US, Yechiel Leiter, told the Post. 

Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks at the State Department, June 26, 2026; illustrative.

Ankara occupies Syria and then lectures Israel about sovereignty - opinion

A NATO member that refuses to designate Hamas, hosts its leadership does not get to lecture a state which has legitimate terrorism concerns.

Turkish soldiers stand at the Cilvegozu border gate to cross into Syria. December 10, 2024.

Israel faces emerging regional alignment as Syria turns to Pakistan after strikes - analysis

Talk of Saudi Arabia joining the Abraham Accords appears to underestimate how much Riyadh and other countries have become concerned about Israeli strikes in places like Syria.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani meets with European Commission Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas (not pictured), in Brussels, Belgium, May 11, 2026

Gaza mediators say latest Israeli strikes undermine efforts to end conflict at critical stage

Turkey, Egypt, and Qatar condemned recent Israeli strikes in Gaza, saying they undermined regional and international efforts to implement a peace plan.

Displaced Palestinians walk past tents and destroyed buildings near the beachfront in Gaza City in August.