ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan has hinted that Turkey might considerimposing a ban on imports of some Israeli goods over the killing ofPalestinian protesters by Israeli forces on the Gaza border, media reportedon Tuesday.Erdogan, who is campaigning for re-election in June, last week hostedMuslim leaders who condemned the events in Gaza and the opening of theUnited States embassy in Jerusalem.Speaking to reporters on a return flight from Bosnia on Sunday, Erdogansaid the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hadrecommended that a boycott be imposed on Israeli goods.“I hope that OIC member countries implement a boycott decision in line withthe recommendation. Consequently, no product should be brought from thereany more. Naturally we will assess this situation in the same way,”Hurriyet newspaper reported Erdogan as saying.A declaration by the OIC on Friday repeated a call for countries to ban“products of the illegal Israeli settlements from entering their markets,”referring to goods produced in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and GolanHeights.
Turkey s Tayyip Erdogan takes yet another step against Israel