Relations between Israel and Turkiye are warming as both of the countries on Thursday signed a new bilateral civil aviation agreement, their first since 1951.
In diplomacy, it will allow Israeli carriers to resume flights to Turkiye after a 15-year absence, Reuters reports.
"The agreement is a resumption of flights by Israeli companies to a variety of destinations in Turkiye, alongside flights by Turkish companies to Israel," Israel's Transportation Ministry said in a statement.
"The deal stemmed from constructive negotiations and important milestone for advancing bilateral relations," the statement reads.
Earlier, both of the governments expelled ambassadors in 2018, and observed a trading halt over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Israel–Turkey relations were formalized in March 1949 as Turkey was the first Muslim majority country to recognize the State of Israel.
Both countries shared military, strategic, and diplomatic cooperation with each other.
However, relations between the two countries deteriorated in recent decades after the Mavi Marmara incident in 2010 and worsened because of Israeli attacks on Gaza in 2014.