Up until Erdogan, Turkey was a secular Republic. After his election Erdogan seized total power turning Turkey into an Islamic Dictatorship. He is as evil as it gets.
The big question is who is willing to barter with him David Ben Gurion Israel’s first Prime Minister grew up under Ottoman rule.
Before the British takeover of Israel during World War I Ben Gurion aspired to study Turkish law in Istanbul.
Ben Gurion even considered raising Jewish volunteers in Israel to fight for the Turks but he came to the US during World War I and switched over to the British side.
Then he raised Jewish forces to fight for the British.