4 Türkiye’s policy towards the Gaza war in the last 6 months

According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, on Monday the Turkish Foreign Minister announced that because Israel’s refusal to send the country’s humanitarian aid to Gaza, Ankara will gradually take measures against Israel that will continue until the regime accepts a ceasefire. It announced the export of 54 items to Israel, including steel, plastic, cement, and airplane and jet fuel.

This is Turkey’s latest action against the Gaza war, while before this, in the past 6 months, it has seen three types of We have followed this country’s approach, which is as follows: During the first week of the Gaza war, Ankara followed a middle path and issued a statement without naming any side, he condemned the killing of civilians and demanded that both sides use common sense and restraint to end the war.

Ankara in the second week and understanding that this war with The previous periods are different, he tried to take the initiative and presented a plan with the theme “ceasefire with the presence of the guarantor countries”, which was inspired by the war in Ukraine. In this plan, countries such as Turkey, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia on the part of Palestine, and European countries and the United States on the part of the Zionist regime were supposed to guarantee the establishment and continuation of the ceasefire and deploy their forces in the war zone. This plan, which was unveiled at the extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, was not welcomed by either the Islamic countries or the Western countries, and it was rejected.

From the second month of the Gaza war, Erdogan realized that firstly The war in Gaza is long-term, secondly, the parties to the war do not allow Ankara to play a role, and thirdly, Erdogan and the ruling party have been accused and criticized by domestic and regional public opinion due to their not so firm approach in condemning Israel’s crimes. /p>

Erdogan started a new policy for this issue and started his attacks against the Zionist regime so that he can continue to be the standard bearer of support for the “Palestinian issue” so that on the one hand he has responded to regional and domestic public opinion and on the other hand That he does not lose his base with the Islamists for the municipal elections.

The Turkish president, however, used a tactic in which he severely criticized only Netanyahu and his cabinet and not the Israeli government; Because he realized that with the end of the war, Netanyahu and his cabinet will leave and he can restore relations with the new government in Israel. towards Israel, which led to the loss of a part of the ruling party’s social base; Erdogan’s government has adopted a new policy. In this policy, which is followed by the foreign minister, the restriction (not cut) of commercial relations with Israel is taken, which is implemented against Israel. Details of the quality and quantity of this restriction have not yet been published, but it can be considered in line with Turkey’s policies during the Gaza war to maintain the image of supporting the Palestinian people and at the same time maintaining relations with the Zionist regime.

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