Turkey’s escalating maritime restrictions on Israeli shipping could fundamentally reshaping trade routes across the Eastern Mediterranean, forcing Israeli companies to rapidly develop alternative supply chains while inadvertently boosting competing regional ports.
The comprehensive ban, which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan describes as “a new sanction” over Gaza, prohibits Israeli-flagged or Israeli-owned vessels from Turkish ports while barring Turkish ships from Israeli waters.
The restrictions build upon Turkey’s May 2024 suspension of $7 billion in annual bilateral trade, but maritime enforcement has proven more effective than previous measures.
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