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Turkish president recep tayyip erdogan holds a map showing the evolution of israel and palestinian state from 1947 as he addresses the general debate of the 74th session of the general assembly of the united nations at united nations headquarters in new york 2019 file photo.
Erdogan turkey israel. Epa jason szenes share on facebookshare on twitter. Ankara turkish president tayyip erdogan said on wednesday that the united nations had collapsed in the face of events in gaza where israeli forces killed 60 palestinian protesters on monday as. Yet erdogan is really after a much bigger prize israel. Turkey has its army involved directly in libya syria yemen and this week iraqi kurdistan.
This is why israel s growing alliance over the last few years with greece and cyprus has been key in establishing a security framework in the eastern mediterranean. Although erdogan still pretends to govern an islamic democracy the truth is that turkey in no way resembles a democracy under his dictatorial reign. Turkish president recep tayyip erdogan has threatened israel over its new government s plan to annex portions of the west bank. Under netanyahu israel has all but abandoned a two state solution to the palestinian problem.
Turkish president recep tayyip erdogan talks during a televised address to the nation in istanbul may 11 2020. Turkish president recep tayyip erdogan demanded that a similar amount of equipment be transferred to the palestinians before the israeli supplies are released in a move israeli authorities decried. Even if nothing else were happening in the world today turkey s president recep tayyip erdogan could be expected to react with fury at any israeli move come july 1 to extend its sovereignty to. He is steadily making turkey an islamist state that stands by and supports islamic extremist groups such hamas and the likes of isis.
Despite turkish president recep tayyip erdogan s attempts to quash turkish democracysince entering office some brave turkish politicians are willing to speak out and criticize him for the damage they feel he has done to turkey including to turkish israeli relations.