"Questions on Turkeys orientation
Turkey was incensed over Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon’s public dressing down of its ambassador over a Turkish television series, and threatened to withdraw the envoy unless it received a formal apology.
Bowing to the ultimatum, Ayalon sent a letter of apology and Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu expressed hope the two allies would now put the crisis behind them ahead of a visit by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak to Ankara."
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