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Turkey is ready to rebuild relations with Israel

Mesut Hakkı Caşın

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s adviser Mesut Hakkı Caşın has said that Turkey bought a lot of weapons from Israel, arguing that Israel has a lot to gain from normalization between the two countries.

“Turkey bought a lot of weapons from Israel. We can arrange this again. Turkey’s and Israel’s defense industries can go ahead together,” Caşın told Voice of America in an interview on Dec. 21, while also confirming that bilateral talks and full diplomatic relations could be restored by March.

Relations between the once close allies all but collapsed with Turkey withdrawing its ambassador in 2017, amid escalating tensions.

“If Israel comes one step, Turkey maybe can come two steps,” Caşın said in reference to ongoing talks with Israel.

“If we see a green light, Turkey will open the embassy again and return our ambassador. Maybe in March, we can restore full diplomatic relations again. Why not.”

“Establishing peace and security is very important to Israel and Turkey. After Mavi Marmara, we don’t want another accident with Israel,” added Caşın.

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