Conference Summaries
/ Israel and the East Mediterranean
The Mitvim Institute’s annual Israeli-Turkish policy dialogue was held in Istanbul on 26-27 October 2017, for the sixth consecutive year. It focused on the state of Israel-Turkey relations following the reconciliation agreement signed by the two countries in June 2016, and on Turkey’s foreign policy in light of the changing the Middle East. The policy dialogue, which was held in cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, included a series of meetings with Turkish scholars, analysts, and journalists.1 This document summarizes the main insights from the dialogue.