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Turkey has had several coups and is just barely containing the muslim terrorists within its own border.
Yes, that is exactly the reason why 30.900.000 foreigners come to Turkey as Tourists:
Tourism in Turkey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turkey is within Top-10 Tourism spots in world. You have no clue what you are talking about.
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Free Article for Non-Members | STRATFORGiven the proactive measures being taken by Turkish authorities, coupled with a thin jihadist presence in the country (compared to other places), it is unlikely that al Qaeda poses a major threat to Turkey, though one-off attacks can never be ruled out.
To your other sentences:
Turks never claimed to have the most moral army in the world.
It is known what we are: Giving confidence to friends and fear to enemies.
You keep that fact better in the forefront of your brain as the Turkish State will not abracadbra go away, but come South to put a foot in everyone's comfort-zone.
What we do within our territory is none of your business, your business is what we do outside of our territory.
Turkey as regional hegemon2014: strategic implications for the United States - Turkish StudiesTurkey as regional hegemon--2014:
Strategic implications for the United States
They have industrial and procurement plans aimed at strategic autonomy. Turkey will have a mature military force structure capable of rapid and sustained intervention in the region.
Turkey’s economy will be stronger and its robust industrial base will be self-sufficient enough to compensate for western embargoes. The Turkish infrastructure will accommodate the shifting of military forces to distant borders and will permit the support of those forces. By 2014, it would only be a very short step for Turkey to
become a regional hegemon.
To use an overworked phrase, “It’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when.”
There will be an increasing risk of unilateral Turkish military or economic interventions in an unstable region that is vital to American security interests.
Free Article for Non-Members | STRATFORDecade Forecast: 2010-2020
Iraq, Afghanistan and Iran will remain issues by 2020, but not defining issues in the region. Two other countries will be more important. Turkey is emerging as a self-confident regional leader, with a strong military and economy. We expect that trend to continue, and see Turkey emerging as the dominant regional power. The growth of Turkish power and influence in the next decade is one reason we feel confident in the decline of the U.S.-jihadist war and the transformation of the Iran issue. The dynamic in the region between the Mediterranean and Iran — and even in the Caucasus and Central Asia — will be redefined by Turkey’s re-emergence. Of course, Turkey will feel tremendous internal tensions during this process, as is the case for any emerging power. For Turkey, the relationship between the Ataturkian tradition and the Islamic tradition is the deep fault line. It could falsify this forecast by plunging the country into chaos. While that is possible, we feel that the crisis will be managed over the next decade, albeit with much pain and stress.
By 2020, Egypt will be changing from the type of country it has been since the 1970s — for the past generation it has lacked the capacity to influence developments beyond its borders. Like Turkey, Egypt is caught between secularism and Islam, and that tension could continue paralyzing it. However, as Turkey rises, Ankara will need a large source of cheap labor and markets for exports. The result will be a “coattails” effect for Egypt. With this synergetic fortification we expect not only an end to Egyptian quiescence, but increased friction between Egypt and all other regional players. In particular, Israel will be searching for the means to maintain its balance between the powerful Turkey and the re-emerging Egypt. This will shape all of its foreign — and domestic — policies.
The Rabbi said:Turkey (...) is just barely containing the muslim terrorists within its own border.
You are the real problem for regional peace.
This assesment is State Policy of Turkey hence the degradation of relations to your "Axis of Evil" country.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/179665Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Sunday that if the lack of trust between his country and Israel continues, it could influence agreements that were signed in the past between the two countries. Israel and its nearest Muslim ally have a history of military cooperation, but relations have been strained since Erdogan's outspoken opposition to Israel's Cast Lead counter-terror campaign in Gaza last winter.
Interviewed by the Euro News television station, Erdogan said, "Israel should give some thought to what it would be like to lose a friend like Turkey in the future."
The only Muslim country having relations with Israel distances from Israel.
Surely the right message to your "Axis of Evil"-behaviour. Mindsets like yours deserve this approach.
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