AUDIO: Chicago’s JCRC glimpses Turkey-Israel relations
Turkish Consul General Fatih Yildiz provides a perspective on the
values guiding Turkey’s regional and global foreign policy—a policy that
during the past several years has produced a serious deterioration in
that nation’s relationship with Israel. “Strengthening of our relations
with Iran and Syria is being misportrayed as at the expense of Israel.
Relations with Israel are very dear to us.” “We highly appreciate
Turkey’s role in the region,” responded Shahar Arieli, Deputy Consul
General of Israel to the Midwest, while criticizing the numerous
anti-Israel statements by Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan. “We want to
improve the relationship with Turkey and bring it back to where it was.”
