As of 2023, Turkey was Israel’s fourth-largest trading partner and represented a major trading route and supplier of kosher food.
The trade ban Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan imposed on Israel to protest its war against Gaza has harmed both countries economically and may pose a particular danger to the kosher food industry.
Although Israeli and Turkish leaders have often engaged in a war of words, their trading ties have been generally healthy, and relations between the countries had reached a high point prior to October 7th.
However, given Erdogan’s support for Hamas and pressure from his citizens, on May 3rd, the Turkish leader announced a cessation of trade with Israel, one of the most draconian measures taken against the Jewish State since the beginning of the current war in Gaza.
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