# TURKEY ## Facts - **What:** TURKEY (News story) - **Where:** [Turkey](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/turkey), [Amman](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/amman), [Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/istanbul), [Jordan](https://apa.atyaf.co/location/jordan) - **When:** 2008-02-09 – 2014-07-18 - **Media:** 75 photos, 0 videos, 0 rushes - **Credit:** © APA Images / Mahfouz Abu Turk, MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ, Thaer Ganaim - **Licensing:** Editorial licenses on request: https://apa.atyaf.co/pricing (sales@apa.atyaf.co). 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Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2014-023461) — APA-PH-2014-023461 · photo · 2014-07-18 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 18, 2014. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Gaza crisis with Turkish President Abdullah Gul here on Friday after Israel launched ground offensive in Gaza. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas while access to Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2014-023460) — APA-PH-2014-023460 · photo · 2014-07-18 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas while access to Istanbul, Turkey, on July 18, 2014. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Gaza crisis with Turkish President Abdullah Gul here on Friday after Israel launched ground offensive in Gaza. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas while access to Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2014-023459) — APA-PH-2014-023459 · photo · 2014-07-18 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas while access to Istanbul, Turkey, on July 18, 2014. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Gaza crisis with Turkish President Abdullah Gul here on Friday after Israel launched ground offensive in Gaza. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas while access to Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2014-023458) — APA-PH-2014-023458 · photo · 2014-07-18 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas while access to Istanbul, Turkey, on July 18, 2014. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Gaza crisis with Turkish President Abdullah Gul here on Friday after Israel launched ground offensive in Gaza. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas while access to Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2014-023457) — APA-PH-2014-023457 · photo · 2014-07-18 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas while access to Istanbul, Turkey, on July 18, 2014. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Gaza crisis with Turkish President Abdullah Gul here on Friday after Israel launched ground offensive in Gaza. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2014-023456) — APA-PH-2014-023456 · photo · 2014-07-18 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 18, 2014. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Gaza crisis with Turkish President Abdullah Gul here on Friday after Israel launched ground offensive in Gaza. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2014-023455) — APA-PH-2014-023455 · photo · 2014-07-18 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 18, 2014. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Gaza crisis with Turkish President Abdullah Gul here on Friday after Israel launched ground offensive in Gaza. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2014-023454) — APA-PH-2014-023454 · photo · 2014-07-18 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 18, 2014. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Gaza crisis with Turkish President Abdullah Gul here on Friday after Israel launched ground offensive in Gaza. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2014-023453) — APA-PH-2014-023453 · photo · 2014-07-18 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 18, 2014. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Gaza crisis with Turkish President Abdullah Gul here on Friday after Israel launched ground offensive in Gaza. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2014-023452) — APA-PH-2014-023452 · photo · 2014-07-18 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Turkish President Abdullah Gul meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 18, 2014. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the Gaza crisis with Turkish President Abdullah Gul here on Friday after Israel launched ground offensive in Gaza. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish President Abdullah Gul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2013-011287) — APA-PH-2013-011287 · photo · 2013-04-22 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Istanbul, on Apr. 21, 2013. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish President Abdullah Gul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2013-011288) — APA-PH-2013-011288 · photo · 2013-04-22 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Istanbul, on Apr. 21, 2013. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish President Abdullah Gul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2013-011289) — APA-PH-2013-011289 · photo · 2013-04-22 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish President Abdullah Gul in Istanbul, on Apr. 21, 2013. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Turkish foreign minister ahmet davutoglu](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2013-011269) — APA-PH-2013-011269 · photo · 2013-04-21 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul, on Apr. 21, 2013. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Turkish foreign minister ahmet davutoglu](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2013-011268) — APA-PH-2013-011268 · photo · 2013-04-21 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in Istanbul, on Apr. 21, 2013. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammad Oma](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2013-011225) — APA-PH-2013-011225 · photo · 2013-04-21 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammad Omar in Istanbul, on Apr. 21, 2013. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammad Oma](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2013-011224) — APA-PH-2013-011224 · photo · 2013-04-21 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammad Omar in Istanbul, on Apr. 21, 2013. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2013-011223) — APA-PH-2013-011223 · photo · 2013-04-21 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Istanbul, on Apr. 21, 2013. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2013-011222) — APA-PH-2013-011222 · photo · 2013-04-21 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Istanbul, on Apr. 21, 2013. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2013-011221) — APA-PH-2013-011221 · photo · 2013-04-20 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Istanbul, on Apr. 21, 2013. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with of the Palestinian community](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2013-011216) — APA-PH-2013-011216 · photo · 2013-04-20 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with of the Palestinian community in Istanbul, on Apr. 20, 2013. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-011157) — APA-PH-2012-011157 · photo · 2012-06-05 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia at the Swissotel in Istanbul, on June 5, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-011149) — APA-PH-2012-011149 · photo · 2012-06-05 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia at the Swissotel in Istanbul, on June 5, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-011150) — APA-PH-2012-011150 · photo · 2012-06-05 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia at the Swissotel in Istanbul, on June 5, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-011151) — APA-PH-2012-011151 · photo · 2012-06-05 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia at the Swissotel in Istanbul, on June 5, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-011152) — APA-PH-2012-011152 · photo · 2012-06-05 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia at the Swissotel in Istanbul, on June 5, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-011153) — APA-PH-2012-011153 · photo · 2012-06-05 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia at the Swissotel in Istanbul, on June 5, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-011154) — APA-PH-2012-011154 · photo · 2012-06-05 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech on the fisrt day of the two-day World Economic Forum on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia at the Swissotel in Istanbul, on June 5, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L-R) addresses the participants at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-011155) — APA-PH-2012-011155 · photo · 2012-06-05 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L-R) addresses the participants at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia 2012, as WEF's founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Tunisia's Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali listen, in Istanbul June 5, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L-R) addresses the participants at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-011156) — APA-PH-2012-011156 · photo · 2012-06-05 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L-R) addresses the participants at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia 2012, as WEF's founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Tunisia's Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali listen, in Istanbul June 5, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-000005) — APA-PH-2012-000005 · photo · 2012-01-01 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on January 1, 2012. Haniya is a regional tour for the first time since Israel and Egypt imposed a siege in 2007, his office said.Photo by MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ - [Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-000004) — APA-PH-2012-000004 · photo · 2012-01-01 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on January 1, 2012. Haniya is a regional tour for the first time since Israel and Egypt imposed a siege in 2007, his office said.Photo by MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ - [Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-000006) — APA-PH-2012-000006 · photo · 2012-01-01 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on January 1, 2012. Haniya is a regional tour for the first time since Israel and Egypt imposed a siege in 2007, his office said.Photo by MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ - [Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) shaking hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-000007) — APA-PH-2012-000007 · photo · 2012-01-01 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) shaking hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan upon his arrival for a meeting in Istanbul on January 1, 2012. Haniya is a regional tour for the first time since Israel and Egypt imposed a siege in 2007, his office said. Photo by MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ - [Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) shaking hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-000002) — APA-PH-2012-000002 · photo · 2012-01-01 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) shaking hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan upon his arrival for a meeting in Istanbul on January 1, 2012. Haniya is a regional tour for the first time since Israel and Egypt imposed a siege in 2007, his office said. Photo by MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ - [Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) shaking hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2012-000003) — APA-PH-2012-000003 · photo · 2012-01-01 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ Palestinian Prime Minister of Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) shaking hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan upon his arrival for a meeting in Istanbul on January 1, 2012. Haniya is a regional tour for the first time since Israel and Egypt imposed a siege in 2007, his office said. Photo by MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ - [Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014497) — APA-PH-2011-014497 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Mahmud Abbas said Saturday that the Palestinians' bid for UN membership was forced upon them by Israel's refusal to halt settlement building and end its occupation. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) delivers speech during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014445) — APA-PH-2011-014445 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) delivers speech during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the opening of the Second Conference of the Ambassadors of Palestine in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014496) — APA-PH-2011-014496 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Mahmud Abbas said Saturday that the Palestinians' bid for UN membership was forced upon them by Israel's refusal to halt settlement building and end its occupation. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) delivers speech during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014444) — APA-PH-2011-014444 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) delivers speech during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the opening of the Second Conference of the Ambassadors of Palestine in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014495) — APA-PH-2011-014495 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Mahmud Abbas said Saturday that the Palestinians' bid for UN membership was forced upon them by Israel's refusal to halt settlement building and end its occupation. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) delivers speech during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014443) — APA-PH-2011-014443 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) delivers speech during a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the opening of the Second Conference of the Ambassadors of Palestine in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014494) — APA-PH-2011-014494 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Mahmud Abbas said Saturday that the Palestinians' bid for UN membership was forced upon them by Israel's refusal to halt settlement building and end its occupation. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) delivers speech](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014442) — APA-PH-2011-014442 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the opening of the Second Conference of the Ambassadors of Palestine in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014493) — APA-PH-2011-014493 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Mahmud Abbas said Saturday that the Palestinians' bid for UN membership was forced upon them by Israel's refusal to halt settlement building and end its occupation. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep, Tayyip Erdogan](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014441) — APA-PH-2011-014441 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep, Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014492) — APA-PH-2011-014492 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Mahmud Abbas said Saturday that the Palestinians' bid for UN membership was forced upon them by Israel's refusal to halt settlement building and end its occupation. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep, Tayyip Erdogan](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014440) — APA-PH-2011-014440 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep, Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014491) — APA-PH-2011-014491 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the Palestinian ambassadors meeting in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Mahmud Abbas said Saturday that the Palestinians' bid for UN membership was forced upon them by Israel's refusal to halt settlement building and end its occupation. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with Turkish Prime Minister Recep, Tayyip Erdogan](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014439) — APA-PH-2011-014439 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) shakes hands with Turkish Prime Minister Recep, Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas meets with Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmed Dawoud Ouglo in Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014490) — APA-PH-2011-014490 · photo · 2011-07-23 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas meets with Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmed Dawoud Ouglo in Istanbul on July 23, 2011. Mahmud Abbas said Saturday that the Palestinians' bid for UN membership was forced upon them by Israel's refusal to halt settlement building and end its occupation. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas attends the preparatory meeting for the second conference of Palestinian ambassadors in the world](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014426) — APA-PH-2011-014426 · photo · 2011-07-22 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas attends the preparatory meeting for the second conference of Palestinian ambassadors in the world in the Turkey's capital of Istanbul on July 22, 2011. Abbas is in a visit in Turkey aimed at drumming up support for United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas attends the preparatory meeting for the second conference of Palestinian ambassadors in the world](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014427) — APA-PH-2011-014427 · photo · 2011-07-22 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas attends the preparatory meeting for the second conference of Palestinian ambassadors in the world in the Turkey's capital of Istanbul on July 22, 2011. Abbas is in a visit in Turkey aimed at drumming up support for United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas meets with the Palestinian press in the Turkey's capital of Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014425) — APA-PH-2011-014425 · photo · 2011-07-22 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas meets with the Palestinian press in the Turkey's capital of Istanbul on July 22, 2011. Abbas is in a visit in Turkey aimed at drumming up support for United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas meets with the chairman of the Turkish Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Refat Hsargi Oglu](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014424) — APA-PH-2011-014424 · photo · 2011-07-22 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas meets with the chairman of the Turkish Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Refat Hsargi Oglu in the Turkey's capital of Istanbul on July 22, 2011. Abbas is in a visit in Turkey aimed at drumming up support for United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas arrives to the Turkey's capital of Istanbul](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2011-014379) — APA-PH-2011-014379 · photo · 2011-07-21 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas arrives to the Turkey's capital of Istanbul on July 21, 2011. Abbas is in a visit in Turkey aimed at drumming up support for United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Sheikh Raed Salah, the firebrand Islamic Movement leader in Israel, delivers speech during a press conference](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2010-002531) — APA-PH-2010-002531 · photo · 2010-05-30 · Istanbul, Turkey · ..safaimages Sheikh Raed Salah, the firebrand Islamic Movement leader in Israel, delivers speech during a press conference in Istanbul . According to media reports on May 31, 2010, Sheikh Salah was wounded when Israeli forces stormed a boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists bound for Gaza. Photo by Mahfouz Abu Turk - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with tunisian Prime Ministe](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2008-004506) — APA-PH-2008-004506 · photo · 2008-02-10 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with tunisian Prime Minister on June 05, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim - [Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with tunisian Prime Ministe](https://apa.atyaf.co/photo/APA-PH-2008-004507) — APA-PH-2008-004507 · photo · 2008-02-10 · Istanbul, Turkey · © APA Images / Thaer Ganaim Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) meets with tunisian Prime Minister on June 05, 2012. Photo by Thaer Ganaim