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The eighth, most dangerous front: How Turkey went from ally to strategic threat - opinion
Thw Jerusalem Post ^ | DECEMBER 22, 2025 | GIORA EILAND

Posted on 12/24/2025 10:58:33 AM PST by Texas Fossil

Bit by bit, a Turkish front is forming, more dangerous than Israel’s seven arenas since Oct. 7. Erdogan’s ideology and ambition require Israel to refocus on a higher strategic risk.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s political and military leadership has claimed that seven different arenas threaten it. It seems that, bit by bit but consistently, an eighth menacing front is forming, one that in many ways is more dangerous than the others.

This is the Turkish front. Turkey, which until about 23 years ago was one of Israel’s greatest friends, has become a real enemy since Erdogan rose to power.

The main factors that explain Turkey’s defiant and threatening approach toward Israel, Cyprus, and Greece are its religious outlook, its national outlook, and its megalomania. However, Erdogan’s influence on Turkey is not the only factor that defines the Turkish ethos.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: erdogan; eussr; fourthreich; iran; israel; rop; syria; turkey

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A long history?

But Here We Are!

Pray for President Trump to have the wisdom to end this insanity.

1 posted on 12/24/2025 10:58:33 AM PST by Texas Fossil
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To: Texas Fossil

In the 20th century, Turkey finally pulled itself out of the 5th century mentality it had been in. Erdogan‘s quest for personal and islam glory may well destroy all those gains. He’s likely to drag his country down and is willing to take the entire region with him. All for a tyrannical political system that masquerades as a “religion of peace” that would willingly slaughter “non believers” by the tens or hundreds of millions.


2 posted on 12/24/2025 11:17:40 AM PST by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: Texas Fossil
How Turkey went from ally to strategic threat ....

In one word - Erdogan.

3 posted on 12/24/2025 11:22:33 AM PST by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: GrumpyOldGuy

Correct.

Thank you for explaining that.

The Kemalists were brutal, but nothing like the Islamists. Erdogan, believes he will be the next (last) Sultan.


4 posted on 12/24/2025 11:23:45 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Rummyfan

Yep. Erdoo did it.


5 posted on 12/24/2025 11:24:48 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Texas Fossil; GrumpyOldGuy; All

Yes,”the mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets, and the faithful our. soldiers” Erdogan


6 posted on 12/24/2025 12:00:56 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Texas Fossil

I thought this was a thanksgiving story.


7 posted on 12/24/2025 12:10:19 PM PST by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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To: Texas Fossil
The eighth, most dangerous front: How Turkey went from ally to strategic threat

Turkey never was a candidate for the privileged position of Ally Of The United States, as long as they allowed Islamist Terrorists like Erdogan influence and delusions of Caliphate.

They never were an "Ally".

8 posted on 12/24/2025 12:14:28 PM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Rummyfan

Actually, the one word is birth rates. The religious extremist, Arab-oriented backwaters of Turkey outbred cosmopolitan, European-oriented Istanbul. Istanbul is still a wonderful city. I went to a friend’s wedding there last summer and it was as charming and vibrant as ever. But that is a bubble - an illusion in an authoritarian country where the religious hinterlands keep Erdogan in power.


9 posted on 12/24/2025 12:20:39 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Samurai_Jack

Erdoo is a big Turkey.


10 posted on 12/24/2025 12:25:15 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: PGalt

Yep

Erdoo


11 posted on 12/24/2025 12:25:57 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Texas Fossil

When does the United States plan on pulling our nuclear weapons out of Turkey ?


12 posted on 12/24/2025 12:26:23 PM PST by Newbomb Turk
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To: Texas Fossil

My mind is on Christmas dinner. I totally guessed wrong about the threat from Turkey.


13 posted on 12/24/2025 12:27:09 PM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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