Decade of Turmoil: Are Turkey-Israel Ties on the Mend? Analysis By Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak

After years of animosity towards Israel, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would like to improve ties with the Jewish state. Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak will analyze Erdogan’s statements and discuss the possible rationale behind and the implications of the overture. Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak is an expert on contemporary Turkish politics and foreign policy, Turkish-Israeli relations, and the Kurds. He is a researcher at both the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University.