Turkey Suspends All Trade Ties With Israel
Turkey suspended its trade relations with Israel today, after having already restricted exports to the country in April, the Turkish Trade Ministry announced.
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"Exports and imports to and from Israel have been suspended," the ministry said in a statement, in a decision that marks a new stage in the deterioration of relations between the two countries.
Turkey will apply these new measures "strictly until the Israeli government authorizes an uninterrupted flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza," the ministry added.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz today accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of "breaking agreements [between Israel and Turkey] by blocking Israeli imports and exports at ports".
The Israeli foreign minister also stressed that he intends to "create alternatives to trade with Turkey, focusing on local production and imports from other countries".
The Turkish trade minister did not specify whether Azerbaijan's oil exports to Israel via the Turkish port of Ceyhan (south) are affected by Ankara's decision.
According to analysts, more than a third of Israel's oil needs, until recently, passed through this Turkish port in the Mediterranean.
In response to the war in Gaza and growing dissatisfaction among the Turkish population against maintaining trade relations with Israel, Turkey had already restricted exports to Israel in early April of many goods, including products made of steel, iron and aluminum.
On October 7, an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel caused about 1,200 deaths and more than two hundred hostages, according to Israeli authorities, who responded with a military offensive against the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli operation caused about 34,600 deaths and the destruction of many infrastructures in Gaza, according to data updated today by the Hamas government.
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