CONSTANTINOPOLE. Turkey as well as Israel announced the full restoration of their diplomatic relations and the return of each side’s ambassadors and consuls general to the two countries after consistent efforts to improve bilateral relations, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said today, Yair Lapid. “The modernization of relations will help strengthen ties between the two peoples, expand economic, trade and cultural relations, and strengthen regional stability,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

The impression was that this statement was made first by Israel and by the Turkish Foreign Minister. Mevlut Cavusoglu later confirm this news and state that, despite the full restoration of Turkish-Israeli relations, Turkey “will not abandon the Palestinian cause.” However, political scientists and opposition parties accuse him Recep Tayyip Erdogan how, through his policy of conflict with Israel, which he launched in 2010, and his support for fanatical Islamic movements in the Middle East, he has overturned Ankara’s traditional policy in the Middle East region. As they emphasize now, after many years, the President of Turkey himself realizes what the opposition demanded. Turkish and Israeli ambassadors to Tel Aviv and Ankara were recalled in 2018 after the deaths of 60 Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza.

It is noted that opinions are expressed in the Turkish press that the restoration of relations could also help in the issue of deliveries of F-16s from Turkey. Turkish analysts emphasize that the Israeli lobby could help in this direction, since, as they say, until recently, there was cooperation between the Greek lobby in the US and the Israeli lobby, as a result of which decisions were made not in favor of Turkey.