Turkey stopped all exports and imports to and from Israel beginning Thursday, the Turkish Commerce Ministry mentioned, citing “the worsening humanitarian tragedy” within the Palestinian territories.
“Export and import transactions associated to Israel, protecting all merchandise, have been stopped,” Turkey’s Commerce Ministry mentioned in an announcement.
“Turkey will strictly and decisively implement these new measures till the Israeli authorities permits an uninterrupted and adequate movement of humanitarian help to Gaza.”
The 2 nations had a commerce quantity of $6.8 billion in 2023.
Final month, Turkey imposed commerce restrictions on Israel over what it mentioned was Israel’s refusal to permit Ankara to take part in airdrop operations for Gaza and its offensive within the enclave.
Earlier on Thursday, Israel’s international minister mentioned Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was breaking agreements by blocking ports for Israeli imports and exports.
“That is how a dictator behaves, ignoring the pursuits of the Turkish folks and businessmen and ignoring worldwide commerce agreements,” Israeli International Minister Israel Katz posted on the X social media platform.
Katz mentioned he instructed the International Ministry to work to create alternate options for commerce with Turkey, specializing in native manufacturing and imports from different nations.
