Warming ties may lead Ankara to order terror group's officials out of country, but shift also puts Erdogan in position to replace Sissi as Gaza mediator

Tal Schneider on a long-awaited Israeli field hospital and a rabbi who brought Herzog and Erdogan together; Judah Ari Gross on how Israel is paving the way for Ukrainian aliya

Istanbul meeting comes after years of long-standing tensions between Athens, Ankara and as Erdogan seeks to shore up credentials as regional power player

The 2,700-year-old Siloam inscription, taken by the Ottomans and still held in Istanbul, marks direct evidence of Bible’s account of King Hezekiah’s tunnel-building in Jerusalem

Conversation comes following failed negotiations in Turkey between Ukrainian and Russian top diplomats, and President Herzog's visit to Ankara

Gaza rulers, who enjoy close ties with Ankara, avoid calling out country by name, referring to 'our brothers in Arab and Islamic countries'

President hopes trip to Turkey laid groundwork for better ties between two countries; visits Neve Shalom Synagogue, scene of deadly 1986 terror attack, before returning to Israel

Israeli president tours Ankara, pays respects to Turkish founding father, wishes for a 'safer and more stable world'; Israeli anthem plays in Ankara for first time since 2008

With Herzog making first high-level Israeli state visit to Ankara in over a decade, a look back at the rollercoaster of ties between the two nations in recent years

President making first high-level state visit to country in over a decade, in major step toward taking ties out of deep freeze, but distrust remains after years of bad blood