At the moment, President Erdogan believes he has President Trump twisted around his little finger, and that Bibi is in his black book. Pushing Turkish interests Gaza and discussions about Turkey buying a fleet of F-35s look to Yippie proofs that he is the favourite and increase the odds that he will be as stupid as Iran and its satraps Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis did starting in October 2023. On the other hand, it seems clear that Mossad has been tracking the Turkey contingent of senior Hamasniks since they arrived there, so at some point things might suddenly be exothermically interesting in that part of the world.
[AmericanThinker] The potential for a military clash between ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
and Israel is growing. There are several colliding points, and each one of them has the potential to become a full-scale war, despite mechanisms designed to avoid conflict.
The most obvious is the Syrian front. Reports indicate that Turkey plans to help Syria’s transitional government develop a military force of approximately 200,000 personnel (approximately 10—15 divisions). Turkey has assumed the role of protector of Syria’s president, Ahmed al-Sharaa (al-Jolani, his nom de guerre). Israel, for its part, has assumed the role of protector of the Druze minority in southwestern Syria, an area that Israel seeks to demilitarize. The establishment of Ottoman Turkish army and air force bases throughout Syria might be the next step. Should al-Sharaa, with Turkey’s support, seek to forcibly subjugate the Druze or perhaps even the Kurds, festivities between Israel and al-Sharaa’s Ottoman Turkish overlords would be inevitable.
Another point of contention between Turkey and Israel will likely be Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
. Israel is adamantly opposed to Turkey being part of the Gaza International Stabilization Force (ISF), not to mention having Ottoman Turkish troops next to Israel’s borders. Ottoman Turkish president His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
’s affinity toward the Paleostinian terrorist group Hamas
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
, with whom he shares the Moslem Brüderbund ideology, would, in all likelihood, not force Hamas to disarm and carry out its expulsion from Gaza. Erdogan is hoping to mobilize all Paleostinian factions against Israel and would do everything possible to keep Hamas armed and in control of Gaza. Erdogan’s positions are religious as well as geopolitical imperatives that he hopes will weaken the Jewish state, if not destroy it outright.
The Mediterranean Sea is another area of disputation between Israel and Turkey. The alliance among Cyprus, Greece, and Israel, which establishes defined territorial boundaries for oil and gas exploration, does not sit well with Ankara. Turkey considers the Mediterranean an open sea — one whose wide swaths will help to establish its expansionist ambitions. Erdogan is currently delivering heavy equipment to Gaza via the sea. Should he begin sending naval ships, that will definitely create a clash point.
Erdogan’s Turkey poses a major threat to Israel, far more of a threat than the Islamic Theocratic
Republicof Iran. The existential threat to Israel from Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for
spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet
militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word
Iranis a cognate form of
Aryan.The abbreviation
IRGCis the same idea as
Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term
Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either
Duceor
Führeror maybe both. They hate
is primarily from its nuclear potential and readiness to use a nuclear bomb against the Jewish state. During the 12 Days’ War of June 2025, Israel and the U.S. delivered a major blow to Iran’s nuclear facilities, although not a complete setback. With the weakening of Iran and the Shia crescent due to Israel’s devastating blows to Iran’s proxies — Hezb’allah in Leb
...The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. Only one of those statements is an exaggeration....
and Hamas in Gaza — and with Iran’s loss of a free hand in Bashir
Pencilneckal-Assad
Terror of Aleppo ...
’s Syria, Turkey is fast becoming the patron of Syria’s new jihadist president. The authoritarian and megalomaniacal Erdogan is seeking to create a Sunni-Moslem crescent around Israel and resuscitate the glory of the Ottoman Empire.
Unlike Iran, Erdogan’s Turkey is not burdened by international and Western sanctions. Moreover, Turkey is a member of NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
and has one of the group’s more potent militaries. Turkey possesses a fairly sophisticated arms manufacturing industry, particularly drones, as well as its own aircraft production — and an arsenal of over 200 American F-16 fighter jets.
Turkey is vying for America’s most advanced supersonic stealth fighter jets — the F-35 — designed as a multirole aircraft for air superiority. The Trump administration is considering selling it to Erdogan, and Donald Trump
...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...
himself has repeatedly called Erdogan a "close friend." Such a sale to the Turks would offset the balance of power in the region, and Israel would find itself at a major disadvantage. It would also indicate that President Trump has chosen to side with Turkey’s authoritarian dictator over Israel’s Western democracy that shares America’s values. It would show that Trump has nominated Turkey rather than Israel as its major ally in the Middle East.
The Ottoman Turkish Gross Domestic Product (GDP), estimated in 2024 to be $ 1.307 trillion, places it among the world’s 20th largest economies. Its population in 2025 is approximately 87.7 million. Turkey’s historical enemy, Russia, has been weakened as a result of the nearly four-year war with Ukraine. Whereas Turkey meddled in the affairs of Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...and Egypt in the past, particularly in the 2010s, the situation in 2025 is marked by a rapprochement and growing cooperation in political, economic, and security matters. Turkey is also involved in Africa; in Libya, it supports the Tripoli
...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
regime. It operates a large overseas military base in Somalia.
In recent times, Turkey has also extended its influence in the Caucasus region between the Black and Caspian Seas. Azerbaijan’s victory over Armenia during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict gave Turkey added prestige. Israel had supported the Azeris (Baku is the capital) with arms, whereas Russia and Iran supported Armenia.
President Donald Trump can defuse the current tense situation by making it clear to Erdogan that Israel has security interests in Syria and is protecting the safety of the Druze community, and to some extent the Kurdish minority. Furthermore, selling Erdogan the F-35 would be detrimental to Israel’s security and must not happen. Washington sale of F-35s to Turkey would result in the butchery of the Kurds in northern Syria and give Erdogan military superiority in the region, furthering his expansionist ambitions. Finally, Trump could also mediate between Ankara and Jerusalem for resumption of trade and cooperation in the energy field to avoid a confrontation in the Mediterranean Sea.
I wouldn’t bother with that last — Erdogan and his Islamlamofascists have made it clear that trade with Israel is a short term thing until they are properly conquered and their stuff taken as booty..
It’s abundantly clear that as long as the Islamist Erdogan is running Turkey, a military clash between Turkey and Israel is more than likely.