Has Türkiye’s trade with the Zionist regime stopped?
According to the international group Tasnim news agency, on Friday the “Middle East Eye” website in a report Referring to the continuation of trade between Turkey and the Zionist regime through third countries, he wrote: Two Turkish businessmen have said that since early May, Turkish goods from Greece and other neighboring countries have been re-routed to reach Israel. The data shows that Turkey’s exports to Greece reached 375 million dollars in May, which is 71% more than 219 million dollars in the same month last year. The Zionist (CBS), which still registers Turkish goods, reported: Israel imported 116 million dollars of goods from Turkey in May, which is a 69% decrease compared to 377 million dollars in the same month last year.
Why was the announcement of the termination of Turkey’s trade relations with Tel Aviv
during the last 8 months, due to the war in Gaza and countless crimes of the Zionist regime against the people of this region In the past, Ankara has adopted various policies; From trying to mediate between the parties to playing a role as a peacekeeping military force or a guarantor of the ceasefire that he has followed in Syria, none of them reached a result and neither the Islamic world nor the Western world paid much attention to it.
The reason for this cold reaction in Western countries towards Turkey’s proposal can be seen in the West’s decision to downplay Turkey’s role in global and regional equations as much as possible. It is clear that due to Erdogan’s policies close to Russia and criticism and confrontation with the West, as well as the cases between Ankara and Washington, it is not possible to see the normalization of relations between Turkey and America soon. Although there have been developments in the F-16 fighter jets story.
However, in the Muslim world, Turkey’s plans were not welcomed. This regime is supplied with everything from steel, iron, cloth to oil and even military clothing from Turkey or through this country, which caused the region’s Muslims to be pessimistic towards Ankara and the Turkish people to be disillusioned with their rulers.
This issue caused us to witness street protests in Turkey against the government’s silence and dual policies in unprecedented measures.
The result of these developments in 7 months forced Erdogan to make a difficult decision, in addition to unprecedented verbal attacks on Netanyahu, who called him the butcher of Gaza, the Hitler of the times, or a savage and bloodthirsty. It was the termination of trade relations with the Zionist regime.
Did trade really stop?
After performing the Friday prayer in a mosque in the Skodar area of Istanbul, the Turkish president also clarified about Ankara’s recent decision to completely stop trade and economic relations with Israel: We had trade deals worth 9.5 billion dollars. Ignoring this amount of business dealings, we closed the mentioned case.
Erdogan immediately after announcing the termination of business relations with the Zionist regime with the members of Musiad (Association of Independent Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen) who formed the conservatives close to the government. Meidhand said: In the first stage, we imposed export restrictions to Israel for 54 product groups, and since yesterday (May 2) we have stopped exporting and importing with Israel and covered all products. We will manage the consequences of this phase in coordination and consultation with our business world. We have only one goal here, and that is to force the Netanyahu government, which is out of control with the unconditional military and diplomatic support of the West, to a ceasefire. If a ceasefire is declared and sufficient humanitarian aid enters Gaza, the goal will be achieved.
Erdogan’s statements contained two messages: the temporary cut off of relations will be until the end of the war and the ceasefire, and secondly, This situation should be managed with the consensus of businessmen.
In this regard, two points are important: finding a new business market requires several months and it is not possible to change orders quickly, and also, many The goods ordered by the Zionist regime were produced in Turkish factories and ready for export, and the news of the termination of relations has been published. So you have to think for them.
It is natural that the best way in this regard is to send part of the prepared goods through a third country; The same thing that was done and followed when the relations with Egypt and especially Saudi Arabia were cold. 3rd
In this regard, Reuters wrote in a report a week after announcing the termination of Turkey’s trade relations with the Zionist regime: A source in the Turkish Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday, May 20, that the reduction of the ban Turkish exports to Israel are “impossible”, but Ankara is allowing companies to continue fulfilling orders already contracted to Israel through a third country for a period of 3 months. In a document obtained by Reuters, it is noted that the Turkish Ministry of Commerce has set a three-month deadline for companies that export to Israel. In this regard, based on media reports and statements of Turkish businessmen Although trade with the Zionist regime has decreased, it still continues and is followed from third countries including Greece, Cyprus (Northern), Azerbaijan, Hungary, Egypt and Jordan, because Musiad has established wide and deep-rooted trade networks in these countries.
In general, it can be said that although the trade relations between Turkey and the Zionist regime have decreased, but they have not stopped, and for at least 3 months since the announcement of the suspension of trade (the beginning of the fifth month), this opportunity has been provided for Turkish businessmen. is to send their goods to occupied territories through third countries.
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