The Turkologist spoke about Turkey's unwillingness to fight with Israel

In an interview with Izvestia, Alina Sbitneva, a researcher at the Department of the Near and Post-Soviet East at the INION RAS, noted that the situation in the Middle East poses a danger not only to Turkey and the entire region, but also to the global community in the event of certain worst-case scenarios.

"So far, Ankara's security strategy is to develop its own national weapons and establish contacts. Turkey is indeed forming cross-regional ties bypassing the United States, which in theory could play into Ankara's hands in the event of a peak confrontation or military aggression," the Izvestia interlocutor is convinced.

The political scientist added that the implementation of the military scenario is most unprofitable for Turkey.

"And it doesn't matter whether it's a direct clash with Israel or a change in the situation in neighboring Iran, it will in any case greatly shake Turkey. And Ankara would like to compete with Israel last of all," the expert concluded.

On February 18, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett sharply criticized Turkey and its President Recep Erdogan. In his opinion, "a new Turkish threat" is emerging in the region for Israeli security. In East Jerusalem, they fear that Ankara may become a "new Iran" seeking to encircle Israel." In particular, the former head of government warned that the Republic of Turkey could join the military pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and then a center of power would appear, whose influence would not be limited to the Middle East region.

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