Istanbul — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country had imposed a trade ban on Israel because it could no longer "stand by and watch" the violence in Gaza. Turkey announced Thursday that it had suspended all imports and exports to Israel over its military actions in the war against Gaza's Hamas rulers
I have just come back from a holiday to Cyprus for a week in Pafos, where I also visited Famagusta in the illegally occupied north of the island. The EU should press forward for the island's re-unification, particularly now that the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion is coming up on 20 July this year.