Is Erdogan changing his tune on Israel ?

assalam12 31/03/2015

Is Erdogan changing his tune on Israel? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
▻http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/03/israel-turkey-erdogan-silent-netanyahu-election-campaign.html#

The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem noted that Turkey, like so many other countries, had been disappointed by the Israeli election results. It attributes the change in tone in Turkey to the internal issues Erdogan currently faces. In the upcoming parliamentary elections, Erdogan needs to win an absolute majority to amend the constitution to adopt a presidential system of government, but his chances seem slim. The reasons for this include the obstacles he is imposing on continued peace negotiations with the Kurds, various corruption scandals associated with him that he cannot shake off, devaluation of the Turkish lira and a failed foreign policy.

Namik Tan, who served as Turkish ambassador to both Israel and the United States, attended the ceremony in Edirne. He told Al-Monitor that regardless of whether the relationship between Turkey and Israel was flourishing or at a low point, “The two countries are carbon copies of each other, and we cannot escape our common destiny here in the region.” Thus, once it became clear that the government of Israel had not been replaced, and that there are no indications of an impending dramatic shift in power among the Turkish leadership, it also became obvious the two governments would be forced to compromise and coexist, all the more so now, given the regional challenges they face.

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