The Turkish Sourness: How Israeli Heroism on the Emirati Plane Was Covered in Turkey

While Israel and the UAE claim there was an attempted attack on a Flydubai flight, Turkey casts doubt. An opinion piece on the website 'Turkey Today' asks 'Was it staged?' and claims Netanyahu is exploiting the incident for politics. The state-run Anadolu Agency takes a cautious line, defining the case as a 'security incident' under investigation.

Media coverage in Turkey of the Flydubai flight incident from Dubai to Tel Aviv carries a skeptical tone, casting doubt on the Israeli interpretation. While Israel and the UAE claim there was an attempted attack, Turkey presents critical questions. The most prominent expression is an opinion piece on the website 'Turkey Today' under the headline 'How Netanyahu sold the Flydubai terror narrative to Israeli voters and Donald Trump.' The article asks 'Was it staged?' but clarifies there is no evidence for this, and claims Netanyahu seized an opportunity to shape a narrative of an external threat and Israeli heroism ahead of the elections. The article does not deny the incident itself and notes that the Indian captain was injured and Israeli passengers subdued the attacker, but states that the interpretation of planned terrorism requires further evidence. The state-run Anadolu Agency also adopted a cautious line, reporting on a 'confrontation' in the cockpit and a landing in Saudi Arabia, but refrained from adopting the Israeli argument.