Current sectionMiddle East NewsTurkey NewsTurkey's Interior Minister, who served as a regional governor until recently, said he asked god to grant him 'governorship of Jerusalem, even if for a single day.' An Israeli source told Haaretz he was attempting to outflank Erdoğan from the rightShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeLiza Rozovskyand Yaniv Kubovich10:59 PM • June 07 2026 IDTTurkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi said on Sunday he prayed for the return of Jerusalem to Turkish sovereignty and to be appointed governor of the city. Loading...CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesTerror AttackWest BankGulfLebanonGermany-IsraelRachel Goldberg-PolinHaQuizHaaretz PodcastSenior Turkish Minister Prays for Turkish Sovereignty Over JerusalemSupreme Court: Justice Minister's Boycott of Court President Is IllegalWhat's Behind Reports of Israeli Espionage Against the United States?'While Soldiers Detained Us, Settlers Stole Our Sheep'What's the Difference Between Jewish and Palestinian Terror?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own BaseManufactured Nostalgia for Lebanon's Beaufort Masks a Strategic Failure'Server in the Sky': How Israeli Drones Became a 'Target Generator' Over Gaza