Israeli foreign minister strongly criticises decision by President Erdoğan, accusing him of acting like a ‘dictator’

Turkey has halted all trade with Israel, citing the “worsening humanitarian tragedy” in the Palestinian territories, which prompted strong criticism from the Israeli foreign minister.

“Export and import transactions related to Israel have been stopped, covering all products,” Turkey’s trade ministry said late on Thursday.

“Turkey will strictly and decisively implement these new measures until the Israeli government allows an uninterrupted and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza.”

Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz, accused Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of acting like a “dictator” after the restrictions were first reported.

    • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      714·
      2 months ago

      At the surface level - itd call it moralistic at best.

      Whether it was a good move - Israel is something like 76% of Turkey exports. You think that will bode well for jobs and general quality of life?

      Sorry, looks like it’s much less. Going to have to go back and check where I found that.

      Edit: great, now confused. I think it’s 76% of Israel imports was turkey exports. Source is Bloomberg, but posted on .ml

      https://lemmy.ml/post/15161455

        • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
          131·
          2 months ago

          Its so refreshing to see actual data instead of people just constantly making shit up

          • bean@lemmy.worldEnglish
            9·
            2 months ago

            Still verify when you can. AI will get better at spitting out graphics like this.

            • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              2 months ago

              There is a very good reason I refused to argue with UNCOMTRADE - wherever I read that it was 79% has considerable less authority than even a 5 second search on COMTRADE.

            • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
              8·
              2 months ago

              Although it was a misreading, I do appreciate you making the effort to come back with a source.

            • protist@mander.xyzEnglish
              6·
              2 months ago

              That says Turkish exports constituted 76% of the total bilateral trade amount between the two countries. They both have many larger trading partners separate from their bilateral trade relationship

            • nomous@lemmy.worldEnglish
              5·
              2 months ago

              Interesting, other than it being linked to .ml, and the article being paywalled:

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

              Total trade between the two countries is worth $6.8, 76% of that $6.8 billion is made up Turkist exports. That doesn’t mean that Israel buys 76% of Turkeys exported products.

              https://archive.is/B7m4w

      • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        83·
        2 months ago

        Are you some kind of CEO? You’re implying that you should abandon your morals if it hurts your bottom line.

        You wanted to insult the Turkish government but you just wound up making them sound awesome

        • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          2 months ago

          When you as a government are talking about the welfare of your people, yes, I expect them to look after their own.

          Another person clarified eairler - looks like my number was ~20× inflated. Will need to check my source as that changed the effects considerably.