"Turkey’s shift on Israel
Turkey’s frustration over its futile E.U. membership efforts, its over-due awakening to Iran’s growing emergence as a regional “super power” within the Islamic world, along with Ankara’s domestic political concerns are three factors that explain the recent shift in its policy toward Israel. Turkey can no longer be on the losing side; it has to re-adjust its foreign policy to rapidly changing circumstances."
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