Tuesday, June 8, 2010

What Is Happening In Turkey?



What’s With Turkey? -- Goodshit

In recent time, a staunch ally to both the US and to Israel…now it seems to have veered sharply away.

WHY?

Why have Israel-Turkey relations gone from alliance to what seems to be the verge of war?

The foolish think that the breakdown is due to the recent Gaza flotilla crisis. The merely naive attribute the collapse to the December 2008-January 2009 Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

Such conclusions are totally misleading. It was already clear-and in private every Israeli expert dealing seriously with Turkey said so-well over two years ago. For example, the Justice and Development (AK) party government did not permit a single new military contract with Israel since it took office. The special relationship was over. And the cause was the election in Turkey of an Islamist government.

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More News On Turkey

Turkey-US Ties Face ‘Breaking Point’ Over Vote
-- Financial Times
Israel condemned at Turkey summit -- Al Jazeera
Turkey president: Israel will suffer consequences for Gaza flotilla 'mistake' -- Haaretz
Turkey close to severing ties with Israel over flotilla deaths -- Washington Post
Israel and Turkey: End of an Alliance -- Sandy Tolan, Huffington Post
Turkey is calling for a jihad against Israel -- Joshua Teitelbaum, The Guardian
Turkey blocks access to Google services -- Top News

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