Turkey’s shift in tone: Why is Erdogan downplaying Israel tensions with Syria? - analysis
Israel may have initially underestimated Hamas, but Ankara sees that Israel is not underestimating Turkey.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media at NATO’s 75th anniversary summit in Washington last year. Turkey under Erdogan is no longer a NATO ally in spirit; it is a rogue state pursuing an expansionist, Islamist agenda that threatens stability, states the writer. (photo credit: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)Updated: