Turkey has no problems with Jews, Ankara's issue is connected with Israel's "expansionist policy based on Zionism," said Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
All Israel's diplomats, including the ambassador, have left Turkey in October 2023, earlier the Turkish diplomatic source. In November 2023, the Turkish Foreign Ministry declared thread
Ambassador Shakir Torunlari to Ankara to recall Ankara on the background of consultations in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Foreign Ministry has said that Turkey's decision is even closer to Hamas.
"As you know, Turkey was one of the first countries, which recognized the state of Israel, only one sensitivity, Jerusalem and the Palestinian people, this is the sensitivity of our people.
Every Turkey's elected government must hear the people. We are a nation that accepted the Jews who escaped from Spain. We accepted them. We are a country who welcomed the Jews who fled by Hitler's persecution during World War II. We have no problems with Jews.
We have a problem with the expansionist policy of the State of Israel, based on Zionism, "Fidan told Al Jazeera Arabic.
