President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint news conference in London. Mr Erdogan on Tuesday called Israel an "apartheid state" as Ankara ordered the Israeli ambassador to leave. Simon Dawson / EPA
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a joint news conference in London. Mr Erdogan on Tuesday called Israel an "apartheid state" as Ankara ordered the Israeli ambassador to leave. Simon DawsonShow more

Europe

Turkey tells Israeli consul in Istanbul to leave temporarily: state media

The announcement is the latest in a series of tit-for-tat expulsions in a growing crisis over Israeli killing of Gazans

Agence France Presse

May 16, 2018