Turkey set to boycott 2024 World Economic Forum over its stance on Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked his country’s officials to skip this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos over the organisers’ stance on Israel’s war against Hamas, according to people familiar with the matter Bloomberg report on Monday.

Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek was set to attend according to reports, until Erdogan reversed the decision.

Klaus Schwab, the forum’s founder and executive chairman, released a statement following the 7 October Hamas assault which some saw as insufficiently critical of Israel's brutal response which has killed thousands of Palestinian civilians.