Posted on 03/02/2016 5:40:54 PM PST by Lera
Turkey finds itself in conflict with Russia and Iran, at odds with Egypt's Sisi and has lost its standing with NATO and the US.
Even if Israel and Turkey soon announce an end to their diplomatic crisis, which began almost six years ago as a result of the Mavi Marmara flotilla ship incident, relations between the two countries will not go back to how they once were. The golden era of cooperation in the security and intelligence fields between the two countries up until a decade ago will certainly not come back.
Turkey was a large and important market for Israel's security industries, which provided drones, intelligence systems, tank and planes upgrades, and more. For years, there was close cooperation between the Mossad and Turkey's intelligence agency, the MIT, which included meetings, an exchange of each countries' situational assessments and more.
This cooperation began in 1958 with the initiation of an intelligence pact between Iran's SAVAK, under the Shah, the Mossad and Turkish intelligence. The codename in Israel for this pact was "Clil" (Complete).
These intimate relations were ended by Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he rose to power in 2002, first as prime minister, and currently as president. It was a gradual process that deteriorated after the Marmara incident. However, the 2010 flotilla was merely a symptom of a deeper issue. Yet, despite the security and intelligence disconnect and the diplomatic crisis, both commercial and tourism ties did grow under Erdogan.
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Turkey = Magog , Turkey's leader will be Gog
Turkey has crapped all over Israel since Erdogon came on the scene. Be careful, O Jerusalem!
Too funny. Israel should tell Erdogan to ask his US buddy.
“Recep Tayyip Erdogan”...
The ‘Recip’ and ‘Erdogan’ parts of that I can understand but “Tayyip” is a dog’s name like Rover or Bowser...
Most biblical scholars agree that Gog is Putin and Magog is Russia.
[[Most biblical scholars agree that Gog is Putin and Magog is Russia.]]
I know but it was not always that way.
Rosh is not a proper name , it means head/leader , the chief prince .
Gog is the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal both of which are in modern day Turkey.
Ezekiel was in captivity in Babylon when he wrote about Gog and Magog . Ancient Akadian court records link Gog to the King of Lydia , that is Turkey.
Recep means respect
Tayyip means pleasant
I don’t see a bright future for Erdogan. Turkey prospered under almost 100 years of “Kemalism”. Erdogan has thrown that away trying to be the new Caliph. I see him as the next Ceausescue.
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The links between Turkey and ISIS are absolutely blatant. One only needs to look at a map - the supply lines are over the Turkish border - they radiate out from there.
Turkey needs Israel. Israel, however, does NOT need Turkey, either its honey or its stink.
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