ANKARA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday Turkey was freezing defence industry trade with Israel and stepping up Turkish naval patrols in the Eastern Mediterranean, deepening Ankara's feud with the Jewish state.
"The Eastern Mediterranean is not a strange place to us. Aksaz and Iskenderun, these places have the power and opportunity to provide escorts," Erdogan told reporters referring to two Turkish naval bases. "Of course our ships will be seen much more frequently in those waters."
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