Overview

• Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced the steps at the UN General Assembly and in a session of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
• Turkey says it has ended all economic and commercial relations with Israel, suspending all trade and other exchanges.
• Turkish airspace is now closed to Israeli aircraft, and Turkish vessels are barred from calling at Israeli ports.
• Ankara joined a 52-country initiative at the United Nations urging a halt to arms and ammunition shipments to Israel.
• Fidan accused Israel of carrying out massacres, obstructing humanitarian aid, and endangering regional stability, and said Turkey will work with Qatar and Egypt.