Turkey Predicts Alliance With Egypt as Regional Anchors -- New York TimesANKARA, Turkey — A newly assertive Turkey offered on Sunday a vision of a starkly realigned Middle East, where the country’s former allies in Syria and Israel fall into deeper isolation, and a burgeoning alliance with Egypt underpins a new order in a region roiled by revolt and revolution.
The portrait was described by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu of Turkey in an hourlong interview before he was to leave for the United Nations, where a contentious debate was expected this week over a Palestinian bid for recognition as a state. Viewed by many as the architect of a foreign policy that has made Turkey one of the most relevant players in the Muslim world, Mr. Davutoglu pointed to that issue and others to describe a region in the midst of a transformation. Turkey, he said, was “right at the center of everything.”
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My Comment: While such an alliance will have economic benefits .... the focus from international observers is on how will this impact Israel and its conflict with its Arab neighbors.
The Turks regard such an alliance as a means for them to play a greater role in the region, but the fear in Israel is that such an alliance will undermine and eventually disregard past peace treaties between Israel and some of its Arab neighbors. What is my take .... Turkey has a long and tumultuous history with the Arabs .... and while they may share the same religion .... culturally and politically I expect many of these old-age animosities will return.
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