Emerging turkey-egypt ties

 Emerging Turkey-Egypt Ties

-DR. ABDUL RUFF

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Probably on special push, if not instruction exactly,  from Washington, Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has garnered popularity among Arabs for his denunciations of Israel, arrived in Cairo, Egypt last night as part of a tour of three Arab states that recently ousted their leaders, ostensibly to support for Egypt's transition to “democracy”. His tour will continue with a visit to Tunisia, where the popular overthrow of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in January sparked similar movements across the region, including Libya. The assertive Turkish leader was met by an enthusiastic crowd in Cairo. He is expected to set out details of that assistance in an address to Arab League foreign ministers and exact agenda of his itinerary is not yet revealed.

However, media reports suggest that Erdogan is expected to offer both practical help, in the form of trade, investment and financial aid for Egypt's economy, badly hit by the political turbulence, and the inspiration of Turkey's own democratic transformation.

The size of the prime minister's delegation,  just like that of USA, UK or Indian leaders, - is big - more than 200 people including ministers, officials and representatives - matches his big ambitions in a possibly changing the Middle East under the CIA maneuverings. .

Erdogan has said he will not attempt to carry out his plan to travel to Gaza from Egypt during this trip, but hopes that he can travel there in the near future. Erdogan's visit to Egypt comes amid worsening Turkish relations with Israel since Israeli forces boarded an aid ship in May last year as it was heading for Gaza. USA and UK, leaders of NATO of which Turkey is a leading member, suggest that Islamic strong man  should temper his anti-Israeli rhetoric to avoid upsetting his hosts as the Egyptian government is trying to calm public anger towards Israel, following an attack on its embassy in Cairo on Friday.

Turkey suspended all trade and defense ties with Israel, following the expulsion of Israel's ambassador over its refusal to apologize for the 2010 raid on the Turkish-flagged ship, Mavi Marmara of peace activists heading for Gaza, in which nine Turks were killed. The nine pro-Palestinian activists who died were on board, when it was intercepted and attacked by the Israeli military in international waters as it sailed towards Gaza's coast on 31 May 2010. A UN report has concluded that Israel used "excessive force" in its raid, but that the naval blockade was legal which angered Ankara. Turkey has vowed to take the case to the International Court of Justice.

After downgrading diplomatic relations with Israel, Turkey expelled the Israeli ambassador on 2 September and also suspended military co-operation with Israel last week. Erdogan said Turkey was "totally suspending" defense ties with Israel" Trade ties, military ties, regarding defense industry ties, we are completely suspending them," he told reporters in Ankara. "This process will be followed by different measures."

Based in The Hague, the pro-US ICJ is a permanent UN court set up to rule on state-to-state disputes. In reality, experts say it is unlikely Turkey will be able to take Israel to the ICJ since, under court rules, Israel would need to give its consent for the action to be heard.

A major arms merchant and sea robber nation protected b USA and EU, Israel sells weapons to India and Turkey to kill Muslims. But it refuses any nation that offers arms to defenseless Palestinians. Turkey has already got the last of 10 advanced drones, or unmanned aircraft, and Turkey does not plan to buy any more. But it may still need Israeli technical assistance to operate those drones, which play an important role in the war against Kurdish insurgents. In the past, the Turkish armed forces might have been able to stop such a break in relations with their Israeli counterparts. Most of the deals with Israeli companies, like the upgrading of Turkey's US-made jets and tanks, have already been completed. And both USA and Israel are putting pressure on Turkish military to do more for Israel. But this year, bad luck for Zionist regime, the generals are for the first time firmly under the thumb of a civilian government, which is determined to show its displeasure with Israel, says our correspondent.

Under US mediation, the two countries have had substantial military co-operation during the past two decades, but that has decreased in recent years. USA has expressed concern over the row between the two countries, urging them to "de-escalate" their dispute.

Many Egyptians think they need to preserve the traditional relations with Turkey and all the countries that want to help the Arab world and take advantage of them to create a stronger political front to enhance the Arab states' position against Israel.

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د. عبد راف
Terrorism is caused by anti-Islamic forces. Fake democracies like USA and India have zero-tolerance to any criticism of their anti-Muslim and other aggressive practices. Anti-Muslimism and anti-Islamism are more dangerous than "terrorism" Anti-Islamic forces & terrorists are using criminal elements for terrorizing the world and they in disguise are harming genuine interests of ordinary Muslims. 

Dr. Abdul Ruff, Specialist on State Terrorism;Chancellor-Founder of Centor for International Affairs(CIA); Independent Analyst;Chronicler of Foreign occupations & Freedom movements(Palestine,Kashmir, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Chechnya, etc);Former university Teacher;/website:abdulruff.wordpress.com/91-9961868309/91-9961868309