Fall Out In The Mediterranean
Turkey and Israel were once good friends but ties have slowly soured, creating new geopolitical tensions in the region.
Turkey used to be Israel's most important Muslim ally. The two Mediterranean countries were good friends at one time.
Military, strategic, and diplomatic cooperation between Turkey and Israel was accorded high priority by both countries.
For almost 500 years, Istanbul was the capital city of a great empire. From here on the Bosphorus, the Ottomans ruled much of southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa.
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