Turkey Halts All Trade With Israel Over War in Gaza

[David__77]

(Bloomberg) -- Turkey stopped all trade with Israel as of Thursday, according to two Turkish officials familiar with the matter, adding to already high-running tensions between the once-close allies over the war in Gaza.

The move expands last month’s restriction on some Turkish exports to Israel, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan steps up criticism of the Jewish state and tries to consolidate support among conservative voters at home.

Ankara hasn’t formally announced the suspension and it wasn’t clear under what conditions trade would resume.

Trade between the countries was worth $6.8 billion in 2023, of which 76% was Turkish exports, according to the Turkish statistical institute.

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/turkey-halts-trade-israel-over-161539957.html

[brush]

1. Trade with Turkiye is wiped out by Bibi/Hamas war.

What nation is next.

[enid602]

2. Blockade

Maybe this is the way to end the 16 year blockade of Gaza. It didn’t work in Germany in the ‘40’s, but they had the axis and a large number of conquered countries to trade with. They also had a much larger economy.

[Mosby]

3. Turkey is only hurting itself by restricting sales to Israel

Israel will just find new suppliers in time.