Ahval

Israel and Turkey need to re-establish trust and harmony in their relations if they are going to achieve the aim of bolstering ties and strengthening security cooperation in the region, said Aykan Erdemir, senior director of the Turkey program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD). Erdemir spoke in comments for Ahval’s 12 Minutes podcast after a visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog to Turkey’s capital Ankara on Wednesday. Herzog held talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the first visit by an Israeli head of state since 2007.