February 23, 2026
A collection of books and articles providing insights into the history and current situation of Turkey and its relations with Israel.
Books
Ahmad, Feroz. The Young Turks: The Committee of Union and Progress in Turkish Politics, 1908-1914. Oxford, England: 1969.
Anderson, M.S. The Eastern Question 1774-1923: A Study in International Relations. New York: St. Martin’s, 1966.
Athanassopoulou, Ekavi. Turkey’s Relations With Israel: The First Sixty-Two Years, 1948-2010. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2024.
Dodd, C.H. Politics and Government in Turkey. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969.
Efron, Shira. The Future of Israeli-Turkish Relations. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corp., 2018.
Findley, Carter V. Bureaucratic Reform in the Ottoman Empire: The Sublime Porte, 1789-1922. Princeton University Press, 1980.
Friedman, Isaiah. The Question of Palestine, 1914-1918: British-Jewish-Arab Relations. New York: Schocken Books, 1973.
Fromkin, David. A Peace to End All Peace: Creating the Modern Middle East, 1914-1922. London: Andre Deutsch, 1980.
Heyd, Uriel. Foundations of Turkish Nationalism: The Life and Teachings of Ziya Gokalp. Harvard, 1950.
Israeli, Raphael. The Odd Couple: The Aberrant Relations Between Turkey and Israel. Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, 2019.
Karpat, Kemal. Turkey’s Politics: The Transition to a Multi-Party System. Princeton University Press, 1959.
Kedourie, Elie. In the Anglo-Arab Labyrinth: The McMahon-Husayn Correspondence and Its Interpretations, 1914-1939. Cambridge, England: 1939.
Kinross, Lord. Ataturk: A Biography of Mustafa Kemal, Father of Modern Turkey. New York: William Morrow and Co., 1965.
Kohn, Hans. Nationalism and Imperialism in the Hither East. London: Routledge, 1932.
Lewis, Bernard. The Emergence of Modern Turkey. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 1961.
Marriott, J.A.R. The Eastern Question: A Study in European Diplomacy. Oxford University Press, 1918.
Nachmani, Amikam. Israel, Turkey and Greece: Uneasy Relations in the East Mediterranean. Routledge, 2005.
Polk, William, and Richard Chambers. Beginnings of Modernization in the Middle East. University of Chicago Press, 1968.
Ramsaur, Ernest Edmonson. The Young Turks: Prelude to the Revolution of 1908. Khayats, 1957.
Sever, Ayşegül, and Orna Almog (eds.). Contemporary Israeli-Turkish Relations in Comparative Perspective. Springer, 2019.
Tibawi, A.L. Anglo-American Relations and the Question of Palestine, 1914-1921. Luzac and Co. Ltd., 1978.
Quandt, William. Troubled Triangle: The United States, Turkey, and Israel in the New Middle East. PM Press, 2011.
Quataert, Donald. Social Disintegration and Popular Resistance in the Ottoman Empire, 1881-1908: Reactions to European Economic Penetration. New York University Press, 1983.
Valansi, Karel. The Crescent Moon and the Magen David: Turkish-Israeli Relations Through the Lens of the Turkish Public. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.
Wortham, H.E. Mustapha Kemal of Turkey. Little Brown and Co., 1931.
Articles
Abadi, Jacob, “Israel and Turkey: From Covert to Overt Relations,” Journal of Conflict Studies, 1995.
Aviv, Efrat, “The Armed Man on the Bosphorus: Turkey 2026,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, January 14, 2026.
Balci, Ali, and Tuncay Kardas, “The Changing Dynamics of Turkey’s Relations With Israel: An Analysis of ‘Securitization,’” Insight Turkey, 2012.
Bekdil, Burak, “Turkey’s Love Affair With Hamas,” Middle East Forum, October 19, 2014.
Bengio, Ofra, “Altercating Interests and Orientations Between Israel and Turkey: A View From Israel,” Insight Turkey, 2009.
Bengio, Ofra, “Surprising Ties Between Israel and the Kurds,” Middle East Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 3, Summer 2014.
Bengio, Ofra, “Introduction,” The Turkish-Israeli Relationship: Changing Ties of Middle Eastern Outsiders,Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Bengio, Ofra, “Turkey’s Quiet Revolution and Its Impact on Israel,” Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2010.
Bishku, Michael, “How Has Turkey Viewed Israel?” Israel Affairs, Vol. 12, No. 1, January 2006.
Blinken, Antony, “Turkey: US Ally and Secular, Democratic Example,” Insight Turkey, December 2001.
Cagaptay, Soner, “How Turkey Views the Iran-Israel Confrontation,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, July 8, 2025.
Çınkara, Gökhan, “A U-Turn in Israeli-Turkish Relations: The Fall of Ikhwanism and the Rise of the Abraham Accords,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, April 12, 2022.
Cirik, H. Kayihan, “The Turkey-U.S.-Israel Triangle, 1991-2001,” M.A. thesis, Bilkent University, July 2003.
Egeresi, Zoltan, “How the Abraham Accords Affected the Turkish Foreign Policy,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, October 15, 2020.
Eligür, Banu, “Turkish-Israeli Relations Between 2002 and 2020: The Impact of Nonstate Actors on the Bilateral Ties,” The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, Vol. 14, No. 3, 2023.
Erdemir, Halil, “How Worthy Israeli Relations for Turkey?” Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 2010, pp. 24-38.
Erdoğan Şafak, Ayfer, “Turkey and Israel: Evolution of State Identity and Shifting Relations,” Israel Affairs, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2024.
Emmert, A.J., “Turkish Foreign Policy Toward Israel Through the Lens of Neoclassical Realism, 1949-2010,” M.S. thesis, Middle East Technical University, September 2020.
Ghariani, Jonathan, “Comparing Israeli-Turkish Relations: The 1990s Versus Post-October 7,” Turkeyscope, April 11, 2024.
Ghariani, Jonathan, “Turkish-Israeli Relations: ‘The Golden Years,’ 1991-2000,” Israel Affairs, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2024.
Guzansky, Yoel, and Gallia Lindenstrauss, “The Gulf Countries and Turkey: (Re-)Drawing the Map of Alliances in the Middle East,” Institute for National Security Studies, May 2, 2022.
Heper, Metin, “Islam and Democracy in Turkey: Toward a Reconciliation?” Middle East Journal, Vol. 51, No. 1, Winter 1997.
Inbar, Efraim, “The Deterioration in Israeli-Turkish Relations and Its International Ramifications,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, 2011.
Inbar, Efraim, “Turkish-Israel Relations: Far From a Love Story,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, September 4, 2022.
Karsh, Efraim, “Arabs and Turks Welcomed the Balfour Declaration,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, November 8, 2017.
Lindenstrauss, Gallia, “Operation Protective Edge: Deepening the Rift Between Israel and Turkey,” Institute for National Security Studies, 2014.
Lindenstrauss, Gallia, “Turkey Is Not Iran, but It Is a Threat,” Institute for National Security Studies, November 18, 2025.
Nasi, Selin, “The Seesaw Relationship Between Turkey and Israel,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, June 13, 2024.
Rubin, Barry, “Turkish-Israeli Relations in the Shadow of the Arab Spring,” Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 16, No. 1, March 2012.
Sarac, M. Tolunay, Turkish-Israeli Relations (1948-1980), M.A. thesis, Bilkent University, 2000.
Saris, Michalis, “Turkey’s Regional Policy in the Shadow of the Gaza War,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, December 14, 2023.
Selmi, Jalal, “Rebuilding Israeli-Turkish Relations: A Marriage of Convenience,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 26, 2022.
Siboni, Gabi, and Erez Winner, “Turkey-Israel Relations: Strategic Context and Policy Considerations,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, January 1, 2026.
Ulutaş, Ufuk, “Turkey-Israel: A Fluctuating Alliance,” SETA: Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research, January 2010.
Yanarocak, Hay Eytan Cohen, “Antisemitism in Turkey: Its Historical Roots and Manifestation,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, June 5, 2025. Yanarocak, Hay Eytan Cohen, “October 7 and the Collapse of Israeli-Turkish Normalization,” Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, November 21, 2023.
