Another crisis with another country is looming: if no steps are taken, the relationship may be damaged.

As normalization efforts that began recently along the Turkey-Israel line, where relations have reached freezing point in recent years, continued, a move occurred that caused concern…

The decision to erect a monument to those who lost their lives in the events of 1915, after the municipality of Haifa, the third largest city in Israel, accepted the “So-called Armenian Genocide” two months ago, created a crisis in Ankara- Tel Aviv Line.

Israeli media reported that Şakir Özkan Torunlar, the newly appointed Turkish Ambassador to Israel, sent a letter to Israeli Minister of Culture and Spotlight Miki Zohar expressing his discomfort regarding the issue. In Yedioth Ahronot news, one of the most widely read newspapers in Israel, it was claimed that Zohar did not reply to the letter and sent it to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and it was revealed that an instruction not to reply was sent to the letter. from Torunlar.

It was also stated in the local media news: “If Turkey insists on the construction of this monument, Ankara will be told that this situation is related to the local government and they cannot interfere, and that the Israeli government or the state is independent of this situation”.

TURKEY GETS READY TO PRINT

While the Israeli media reported that this issue is very sensitive, they also wrote that Turkey plans to put pressure on the Israeli government not to build the monument to the Haifa municipality.

It was also stated that according to the decision made by the Haifa City Council 2 months ago, the monument will be built on Ben Gurion Boulevard. After the city called Petah Tikva, Haifa became the second city where the so-called Armenian genocide was recognized.