Turkish Minister of Trade: State agencies have not traded with Israeli companies

Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat announced that since October 7, trade between Turkey and Israel has decreased by 33 percent. "The government, state agencies, state companies have not done business with Israeli companies," the minister said.

Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat announced that since October 7, the volume of trade between Turkey and Israel has decreased by 33 percent. This was reported by Yeni Safak .

"The government, state agencies, state companies do not trade with Israeli companies," said the minister.

The Minister said that the accusations of trading with Israel are organized by some foreign political elements and terrorist organizations with fake accounts , and Israeli intelligence is also trying to do this through disinformation.

" Such messages posted on the above-mentioned foreign websites are made for the purpose of manipulation and do not reflect the truth ," the minister said.

It should be noted that earlier, the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey denied reports that it continued to export gunpowder, explosives, ammunition and weapons to Israel in January, stating that only "spare parts of hunting rifles and fishing tools (harpoons and others)" were sold.

"The Ministry of National Defense of Turkey does not conduct any joint activities with Israel, including cooperation in the field of military education, training and defense industry," the statement said.