Nadene Goldfoot
In the wake of criticism in local media of Turkey's 'secret financial ties', Turkish president – who has spoken out harshly against Netanyahu since the beginning of the war – tells reporters that his country has severed relations with Israel; Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv is still operating and Jerusalem says not informed about cut in ties. 
The Ottoman Empire (Turkey) took over the land of modern-day Israel in 1516 and ruled it until 1917-end of WWI: holding it for about 400 years. No, Turks are not Arabs; they are a distinct ethnic group with their own language and cultural heritage, completely separate from Arabs, although they may share geographical proximity and some historical interactions due to the Ottoman Empire; the Turkish language belongs to the Turkic language family while Arabic is a Semitic language, making them linguistically different as well. However, they are both Muslims. According to the state, 99.8% of the population is initially registered as Muslim. The remaining 0.2% are Christians and adherents of other officially recognized religions such as Judaism. As much as 90% of the population follows Sunni Islam.
Turkey, the one time Ottoman Empire, has a leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, that is envious of their previous position in the world and keeps wishing to go back into history, no doubt. He has severed relations of a sort with Syria so far. In January 2018, the Turkish military and its allies Syrian National Army and Sham Legion began Operation Olive Branch in Afrin in Northern Syria, against the Kurdish armed group YPG. In October 2019, the United States gave the go-ahead to the 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria, despite recently agreeing to a Northern Syria Buffer Zone. U.S. troops in northern Syria were withdrawn from the border to avoid interference with the Turkish operation. After the U.S. pullout, Turkey proceeded to attack the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. Rejecting criticism of the invasion, Erdoğan claimed that NATO and European Union countries "sided with terrorists, and all of them attacked us".
Erdoğan then filed a criminal complaint against French magazine Le Point after it accused him of conducting ethnic cleansing in the area. With Erdogan's control of the media fanning local nationalism, a poll by Metropoll Research found that 79% of Turkish respondents expressed support for the operation.
Turkish guards in Jerusalem
What early Jews making the move to Palestine in the late 1800s met up with from Ottoman Empire; their army.
The Empire captured Salonica in 1430 and Constantinople in 1432. After 1492, when Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the Ottoman Empire was a refuge for Jewish refugees from Spain and Portugal. Salonika is Greece's second largest city and the capital of Macedonia. It's located in northern Greece and is one of the oldest cities in Europe. Constantinople is in modern-day Turkey and is now known as Istanbul: Istanbul is located in both Europe and Asia, straddling the Bosporus strait. The city was originally settled by ancient Greeks in the seventh century B.C. as Byzantium. It was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire and later the Ottoman Empire. The city was officially renamed Istanbul in 1930.
Erdoğan visited Israel on 1 May 2005, a gesture unusual for a leader of a Muslim majority country. During his trip, Erdoğan visited the Yad Vashem, Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. 
The President of Israel, Shimon Peres, addressed the Turkish parliament during a visit in 2007, the first time an Israeli leader had addressed the legislature of a predominantly Muslim nation.
Map showing Turkey and Israel, both on the Mediterranean
Relations between Turkey and Israel began to normalize after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu officially apologized for the death of the nine Turkish activists during the Gaza flotilla raid. However, in response to the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, Erdoğan accused Israel of being "more barbaric than Hitler", and conducting "state terrorism" and a "genocide attempt" against the Palestinians. This is like the pot calling the kettle "black." Israel, the target/victims of terrorists-PLO, Hamas, and Hezbollah, has become the aggressor of the terrorists, now the victims in Erdogan's eyes, as well of the eyes of other neighbors. It just happens that the victim is the only Jewish country while the terrorists are all representatives of the Islamic persuasion. Israel, like a sore thumb, stands out as the only Jewish nation in the world.
Turkey, a NATO country, has given Netanyahu a bad time over Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria, claiming them all for the Arabs. However, some have questioned Turkey's membership in NATO, noting that Turkey has been courting adversaries of the US, such as Russia, Iran, and China. Some say that Turkey's membership in NATO no longer serves its goals, and that NATO members should suspend cooperation with Turkey and work to secure its departure.
Erdoğan condemned the Israel–UAE peace agreement, stating that Turkey was considering suspending or cutting off diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates in retaliation. The relations shifted back to normality since 2021, when the two countries started improving relations. In March 2022, Israeli president Isaac Herzog visited Turkey, meeting Erdoğan. The two countries agreed to restore diplomatic relations in August 2022.
Erdoğan condemned the Israeli attacks in the Gaza strip during 2023 Israel–Hamas war, saying they are a violation of human rights, which led to accusations of hypocrisy as Turkey itself severely bombed Kurdish areas at the same time, including many civilian targets. Erdoğan said that Israel's bombing and blockade of the Gaza Strip in retaliation for Hamas’ attack was a disproportionate response amounting to a "massacre." On 25 October 2023, Erdoğan said that Hamas was not a terrorist organization but a liberation group fighting to protect Palestinian lands and people. On 15 November 2023, he condemned Israel as a "terrorist state" and accused it of committing genocide against the Palestinians.
You can always depend on people like Erdogan to turn a situation completely around
and favor the enemy, instead. They do it at every opportunity.
Resource:
The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia
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