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Protests broke out in Ankara, Istanbul, and other Turkish cities on Wednesday against a visit by Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Herzog became the first Israeli leader to visit Turkey for 14 years on, after a long period of tensions between the two countries. In 2011, Turkey expelled Israel’s ambassador and withdrew its own from Tel Aviv after Israel refused to apologise for the killing of nine Turkish activists on board the Mavi Marmara ship which was attempting to deliver aid to the besieged Gaza Strip. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also been an outspoken critic of Israel’s occu…