Netanyahu to meet with Erdogan in Turkey at end of July: Israel PM's office

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a state visit to Turkey at the end of the month, a statement from the Israeli prime minister's office said on Thursday.

Once close regional allies, relations between Israel and Turkey were strained for more than a decade, with Ankara having expelled Israel's ambassador following a 2010 Israeli raid on a ship that led a flotilla carrying aid to besieged Gaza, which killed 10 Turkish citizens.

Relations began improving with high-level visits last year including Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Ankara.

(Reuters)