Relations Between Israel And Turkey
Unlike many Muslim-majority countries of the Middle East, Turkey had diplomatic relations and economic rather good with Israel. However, since the collision by the Israeli army of a Turkish ship to Gaza in 2010, relations between the two countries have increased tensions.
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History
Jewish communities had lived for centuries in many countries then conquered by the Ottomans. Then in 1492 , the Ottoman Empire welcomed the Jews expelled from Spain , from Portugal and Italy south by the Inquisition , of Provence and some Germanic countries by the rulers , among them several hundred scholars and artists, who played a leading role in the modernization of Turkey .
Ankara was the first state with a Muslim majority, who recognized the Jewish state, de facto in 1949 and then swear a year later. In 1958 , Israeli Prime Minister Ben Gurion signed with his Turkish counterpart Adnan Menderes an agreement of cooperation against "radicalism in the Middle East and against Soviet influence" - to the point that Al-Dawa, Journal of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt called Turkey "a second Israel", which should be destroyed too. Cooperation between the two states will continue until the early 1960's , then slow down when Turkey takes the party to come closer to its Arab Muslim neighbors . In 1967, Turkey voted for withdrawal of Israeli troops from West Bank from Gaza , the Sinai and the Golan , but against the designation of Israel as the aggressor in the Six Day War , Ankara also refuses to sever its diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv .
Nevertheless, the military coup of 1980 and the formation of a government by Turgut Ozal altered the situation. In 1986 , Turkey appointed to Tel Aviv a charge d'affaires with the rank of ambassador, strong diplomatic gesture. Then in 1991 , the two States shall nominate ambassadors in their capitals. The Oslo agreements will greatly accelerate the process of bringing the two states.
Areas of Collaboration
Cooperation between Israel and Turkey is extremely broad and covers many areas such as economics, military technology, tourism, culture, etc.. Political and diplomatic ties are very strong, the Israeli-Turkish partnership is largely supported by the United States Technologies Turkey and Israel signed in February and August 1996 two agreements on military cooperation and exchanges of high technology. The hydrological potential of Turkey is large, compared to other countries in the Middle East. One of the few ways to cope with Israel's water shortage is the importation by tankers. In August 2002 , Israel and Turkey signed an agreement for 50 million m 3 of fresh water per year for twenty years, worth approximately one billion euros. Beginning in December 2010 , despite recent tensions between Israel and Turkey, the Turks sent two water bombers to Israel to face the fire that ravaged Mount Caramel . In November 2008 , Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during his visit to India as Israel and Turkey have a project pipeline that will supply gas and oil to India. According to the Turkish prime minister "India will have easier access to sources of energy available through Central Asia and the Caspian region." The pipelines emerge from the Caspian Sea region to arrive at the Mediterranean port of Ceyhan in Turkey. Hence the additional pipelines cross Israel to conduct gas and oil at the port of Eilat on the Red Sea. Besides Iran, the Suez Canal that will prevent Indian oil by sending materials through the Gulf of Eilat . The current military agreements between Israel and Turkey are ambiguous for a government of a predominantly Muslim country, but are an example of the geo-strategic role Turkey can play in this region. Turkey and Israel signed in February and August 1996 two agreements on military cooperation and exchanges of high technology. Israel can also use the Turkish airspace and sea for its training. Since 2008 , at the initiative of Turkish authorities, the Turkey to mediate between Israel and Syria to restart peace talks between the two countries failed in 2000. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the initiative was part of the broader commitment of Ankara to contribute to peace in the Middle East. In September 2005 , a meeting "historic" between Israeli and Pakistani Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in Istanbul. Silvan Shalom said that these discussions as "a breakthrough" and "the beginning of a new period of open relationships and mutual interest, "and he hoped they could lead to" a full diplomatic relationship with Pakistan as we would do with all Arab countries. The two men then shook hands before the cameras along with the Turkish Minister of State Mehmet Aydin who represented the Prime Minister Erdogan. Turkey has been playing its ties with Islamabad and Tel Aviv Trade Flows Israel is a non-European countries with which Turkey has most increased its trade since the 1980s. Trading volume rose to fifty million in 1985 to 1.3 billion in 2002 . Water
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