Posted on 12/09/20
| News Source: i24
Ufunk Ulutas said picked to represent Turkey in Israel as Ankara hopes to appease incoming Biden administration
Turkey has appointed an envoy to Israel after two years of increasingly rocky relations, al-Monitor reported Wednesday.
According to the report, Ufuk Ulutas, chair of the Center for Strategic Research at the Turkish Foreign Ministry, will take over the role.
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Ulutas, 40 years of age, is said to hold highly pro-Palestinian views. He is also described as a staunch supporter of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has been posturing as the defender of the Palestinian rights -- much to Israel's displeasure.
According to al-Monitor, the designation was designed as a way to appease the incoming administration of the presumptive US President-elect Joe Biden, who signaled a willingness to confront Erdogan.
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