{"id":90846,"date":"2021-11-15T17:05:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T15:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=90846"},"modified":"2021-11-15T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T15:06:08","slug":"19-05-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=90846","title":{"rendered":"Turkey allows consular visit to jailed Israeli couple"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>Turkey allows consular visit to jailed Israeli couple<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

LAHAV HARKOV<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Authorities in Turkey have yet to respond to Israel\u2019s request for an urgent consular visit to the couple.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the re-opening of the Ottoman-era Yildiz Hamidiye mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, August 4, 2017 \/ (photo credit: MURAD SEZER\/REUTERS)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Turkey authorized a visit by officials from the Israeli Consulate in Istanbul to the couple arrested for photographing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\u2019s palace, as a senior Foreign Ministry diplomat headed to Turkey on Monday to secure the Israelis\u2019 release.<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s Consulate-General in Istanbul is working on coordinating a visit as soon as possible, the Foreign Ministry said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Foreign Ministry Consular Division head Rina Djerassi headed to Istanbul to help Israel\u2019s diplomats in Turkey, who have been working to help Natali and Mordy Oaknin.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe efforts to release the couple continue at all levels,\u201d the Foreign Ministry stated.<\/span>
\nPrime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that the Oaknins are \u201ctwo innocent citizens who accidentally ended up in a complex situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan talks to media after attending Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey August 7, 2020. (credit: REUTERS\/MURAD SEZER\/FILE PHOTO)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Oaknins, Egged bus drivers who live in Modi\u2019in, took the photo of Erdogan\u2019s palace while in the Camilca Tower, a television tower that opened earlier this year and is the tallest in Europe. A waitress heard them talking about it and reported them to the police.<\/span><\/p>\n

Turkish police recommended deporting the Oaknins, and notified Israel of its plans. However, the prosecution asked to charge the couple and a Turkish citizen who was with them with espionage. A court extended their remand on Friday for at least 20 days, as the prosecution prepared its case for a trial.<\/span><\/p>\n

The move toward spying charges against the Oaknins raised concerns that Erdogan\u2019s government could use the case to help him politically, but that theory grew less plausible after the matter was dropped from the headlines in Turkey after a few days.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, the Oaknin\u2019s Israeli attorney, Nir Yaslovitzh told Ynet on Monday that his Turkish partner on the case visited the Oaknins and found they are being treated appropriately and are in good shape.<\/span>
\nStill, Erdogan could use the couple for diplomatic leverage, which could further deteriorate poor relations between Jerusalem and Ankara.<\/span><\/p>\n

Turkey and Israel technically maintain diplomatic relations, but they have been strained for most of the past decade since the Erdogan-linked IHH (Humanitarian Relief Foundation) sent the Mavi Marmara ship to bust the IDF\u2019s naval blockade on Gaza, arming some of the people aboard. IDF naval commandos stopped the ship, killing nine activists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Erdogan has been openly hostile toward Israel, supports Hamas and funds anti-Israel organizations in east Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n

Last month after Turkey arrested 15 alleged Mossad spies, non-Israeli Arabs whose photos Turkish media revealed. Israeli sources denied the charges.<\/span><\/p>\n

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