Facilitating the Historic Ankara Meeting between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli President Isaac Herzog

March 9, 2022

Rabbi Schneier joined Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli President Isaac Herzog at a private dinner in Ankara, in the Presidential Palace, to celebrate Türkiye-Israel rapprochement.

This first step to an Israel-Türkiye rapprochement – which marked the first visit of an Israeli leader in the past 14 years to Türkiye – was facilitated by Rabbi Schneier in cooperation with the Turkish Ambassador to the United States H.E. Murat Mercan.