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The Grand Turk | |||
Turkey and Israel need each other, says President ErdoÄŸan | |||
2016-01-03 | |||
[Hurriyet] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... and Israel are two countries in the Middle East that need each other, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... "Israel is in need of a country like Turkey in the region. We have to admit that we also need Israel," Erdogan said on his return from an official trip to Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... Speaking to a group of journalists aboard the presidential plane returning to Turkey from Riyadh, where he met with Saudi King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians.... bin Abdulaziz al-Saud, Erdogan said the mutual need "is a fact of the region." "We need to see that. If we can take steps in reciprocal sincerity, then normalization will continue," he added. Relations with Israel have been tense since May 31, 2010, when Israeli forces raided a Gazoo-bound flotilla of mainly Turkish activists, killing 10 people aboard the Mavi Marmara, the largest of the six vessels in the flotilla. Presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin said on Dec. 28, 2015, progress was made with Israel on the issue of compensation for Mavi Marmara victims, adding that Turkey had not changed its three conditions for normalization of ties between the two countries: "There has been progress made about the second condition, the one with compensation, but we have not reached a point where we can ink it," Kalin told news hounds at a presser. He said Israel has met first condition by apologizing to Turkey, and added that two more demands were still on the table: Compensation for Mavi Marmara victims and the "lift or bend" of an embargo implemented by Israel on Gazoo Strip. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's stance. "On the embargo, they [Israel] said 'goods, construction equipment can enter [Gazoo] via Turkey.' We will wait for the written text so that they do not back down," said Erdogan, adding that another important point for Turkey is the Israeli aggression on Al Aqsa Mosque.
In addition, the president said Ankara would "not allow a Kurdish strip" to be formed in northern Syria.
"Watching the YPG come to that place is unacceptable. We will hold a meeting.
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Posted by:trailing wife |
#8 Hitler needed the Jews too... For his purposes. |
Posted by: newc 2016-01-03 22:19 |
#7 Meatloaf again? |
Posted by: Shipman 2016-01-03 17:40 |
#6 |
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-01-03 16:37 |
#5 Turkey had a clear window of opportunity at the start of the Syria Civil War to intervene at low risk and raise their prestige and profile to heights not seen since 1914. But no, they dithered and didn't get the blessing from our little Bama, thus all is the history gone and repeating Office Skills. |
Posted by: Shipman 2016-01-03 13:41 |
#4 Turkey isn't making friends. They're alienating the region |
Posted by: Frank G 2016-01-03 10:33 |
#3 Israel doesn't need Turkey led by Erdogan. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-01-03 03:14 |
#2 After Thanksgiving and Christmas my need for Turkey ebbs considerably. Currently, any engagement with Turkey seems most disagreeable. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2016-01-03 00:41 |
#1 hmm maybe the Soddies gave Erdogan some direction |
Posted by: lord garth 2016-01-03 00:11 |