Turkish Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan:
"As you know, after Iran, Israel cannot live without an enemy. It has to develop a rhetoric to influence public opinion and others. We see that not only the Netanyahu administration, but also some people in the opposition—not everyone, but some—are in pursuit of declaring Turkey a new enemy, in terms of political discourse. This is actually a new issue in Israel that is first brought up as a necessity of street politics, and then attempted to be transformed into a state strategy."
I've always suspected that Trump is trying to find a way to end NATO such that Turkey won't be included in what replaces it specifically so Israel can attack Turkey.
For those who don't know, part of Turkey is included in "Greater Israel".
Hah! Very well said. Great write up, thank you.
In my undergrad, more than 20 years ago, I wrote an essay talking about why the EU should admit Turkey. This was JUST before AKP came to power. My idea at the time was that by joining the secular EU, the secular forces in Turkey might be able to hold off the religious extremists. I quite liked some of the secular parties. I thought the presence of Turkey in the EU might even help galvanize some of the Christians of Europe.
I was a retard, what can I say. AKP is one of the best things to ever happen to Europe.