Posts Tagged: Turkey Israel
Will the Turkish Air Force and Erdogan Turn to Russia?
NATO’s second-biggest army had a deterrent air force both during and after the Cold War. In 2020, the Turkish Air Force (TuAF) was the world’s...
Erdogan’s Reckless Gambit: It’s Payback Time
Only three days after Turkey’s Islamist strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan sighed with relief at having side-stepped heavy European sanctions, he got slapped with heavy American...
With Turkey and Israel, Interests Talk, Sentiments Walk
JNS.org - Spring has arrived in Ankara earlier than expected. A change of tune, which has been music to Israeli ears, has emanated from the...
Erdogan and His ‘Arab Brothers’
Neither the Ottoman nor the modern Turkish language has ever been short of racist proverbs denigrating Arabs and their culture. No more, said Recep Tayyip...
The Current US Approach to Turkey Is Absurd
JNS.org - Does it matter that Turkey appears to think that it can relitigate the outcome of World War I? That’s the question observers were...
The Growing Conflict Between Greece and Turkey
Greece and Turkey are strange neighbors. They are bitter rivals with a history of armed conflict, but are both member-states of NATO. The list of...
Turkey and the Dangerous Waters of the Mediterranean
In a recent Bloomberg piece, James Stavridis argued that the “most dangerous waters in the world are in the Mediterranean.” While this claim is debatable (tensions...
Now Is the Time for the US to Revive the Cypriot Peace Talks
It has been 16 years since the last serious peace proposal for the Mediterranean island of Cyprus was put forward. The island, which was colonized...
From Tripoli to Tripoli, Turkey’s Real Aim Is Egypt
The recent deadly and destructive explosion in Beirut raised more questions than it answered, and even the “answers” that the international community arrived at obscured in...
Amid US Vacuum, Israel and Mediterranean Allies Must Be Wary of Turkey
“Instability in the Eastern Mediterranean” is a commonplace phrase, and with good reason. In parallel with the civil wars in Syria and Libya, the power...
Has Erdogan Launched a New Age of Religious Wars?
JNS.org - To understand just how dishonest the discussion about Jerusalem is when conducted in venues where Israel is regarded with hostility, like The New...
Good News for Freedom: Turkish Youth Don’t Believe in Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not lost a single election, including municipal elections and referenda, since his AKP (Justice and Development) party came to...
Turks Turn on Each Other — and the ‘Enemy Within’
For two despicable decades starting at the end of the 1960s, Italy was racked by the Anni di Piombo (Years of Lead). That era was...
Turkey’s Selective Amnesia With the Palestinians
The collective Turkish memory has clear perceptions of which nations are friends and which are foes. In Turkey, the average length of schooling is only...
