Turkey requests 'red notice' be issued against Netanyahu 'at international level'
Ankara is seeking Interpol action as Turkish prosecutors accuse Netanyahu and 34 other Israeli officials of genocide and crimes against humanity.
- On Friday, Turkish Justice Minister Akin Gurlek announced that Ankara is seeking Interpol Red Notices for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Afek Moskovitch over Israel's 2025 interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla.
- Istanbul prosecutors indicted Netanyahu and 34 other Israeli officials in April 2026, accusing them of genocide and crimes against humanity, with prosecutors seeking sentences of up to 4,596 years in prison.
- Interpol Red Notices are non-binding requests to member countries to locate and provisionally detain individuals pending extradition. Turkey previously sought similar notices in 2014 regarding the 2010 Gaza-bound Mavi Marmara raid.
- While an Istanbul court issued domestic arrest warrants for Netanyahu and 36 officials last November, no one has been arrested; the orders remain unenforceable unless defendants enter Turkish jurisdiction.
- Amid heightening tensions, Israel struck Syria's Abu al-Duhur air base on Tuesday roughly 70 kilometers east of the Turkish border, claiming Damascus planned to allow Turkish forces to deploy there. Ankara rejected the allegations as illegitimate.
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In Turkey, another arrest warrant has been issued against the Israeli head of government. The background is Israel's dealings with the so-called Gaza aid fleet.
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El EconomistaAnkara, Turkey. Turkey issued an international arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and another Israeli citizen, announced on Friday in X the Turkish Minister of Justice, Akin Gurlek, as part of an investigation into the detention of activists travelling in the Gaza Flotilla. “In the framework of the judicial proceedings concerning the attack in international waters against Flotilla activists (...) and in accordance w…
Turkey Issues International Arrest Warrant Against Netanyahu and Escalates Confrontation with Israel
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Turkiye seeks Interpol red notice for Netanyahu over Gaza flotilla, crimes against humanity
Turkey has sought an Interpol red notice issue for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the persecution of activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza aid. Justice Minister...
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