Turkish scholar sees hope beyond Turkey-Israel tensions
by emma silvers, staff writer
The relationship between Israel and Turkey may be at its most strained in decades, but there’s reason to be optimistic, according to Turkish journalist and academic Kerim Balci.
Speaking before a group of U.C. Berkeley students Oct. 26 as part of a U.S. tour, the Istanbul-based editor-in-chief of the Turkish Review, a bimonthly journal, stressed the long history of friendly interactions between the two nations, emphasizing that Turkey was the first Muslim country to recognize the State of Israel in 1948.
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