Steven J. Rosen: Erdogan and the Israel Card
Middle East • June 2010 • Views: 826
Here’s the center of an editorial that describes what I’ve been thinking:
[…]Could it be that there is something more to Mr. Erdogan’s rage against Israel than just a spontaneous reaction to the loss of life here?
Turkish elections, 13 months away, hold the answer. Backing for Mr. Erdogan’s party has fallen to 29%, the lowest level since it won power in 2002 and far below the 47% it scored in July 2007. So Mr. Erdogan decided to play the Israel Card.
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