The Causes Behind the Conflict Between Turkey and IsraelIakovos AlhadeffCopyright 2014 by Iakovos Alhadeffublished by Iakovos Alhadeff at !"ashwordsTable of ContentsIntroductionIsrael#$reece#CyprusTurkey#%atarIntroductionI always found the conflict between Turkey and Israel strange& since the two countries had a long tradition of s"ooth co""ercial and "ilitary cooperation' And yet it see"s nowthat Israel is perceivedby(ecep)rdogan& theTurkishri"e *inister& as his country+s "a,or ene"y'-hat happened. It was only in 200/& as you can see in paragraph 0After A1 Ascendancy2ofthefollowing-ikipedia link& that (ecep )rdogan&during his visitin Israel& infor"edthenationalist Israeli ri"e *inister Ariel !haron& that theIranian nuclear progra" was not only a threat for Israel& but instead a threat for the whole world' Is it possible for so"eone to say so"ething that will please the Israelis "ore than that.http344en'wikipedia'org4wiki4Israel5)2560578Turkey9relations:After9A19ascendancy*oreover& asyoucanreadinthe sa"e paragraph&during his staying in Israel&(ecep )rdogan& paid a visit to the ;olocaust *useu"& and said that for his party& anti#!e"itis" was a cri"e against hu"anity&and also that the Israeli *inister of ist in the sea area between Cyprus and Israel&whichyou can see at the following -ikipedia "ap with green and orange' The vast area above the green country ?Cyprus@ is Turkey'$reece& Cyprus and Turkey& have long disputes about their )>clusive )cono"ic Aones ?))A@& since the latter deter"ines who has what clai"s on the areas energy riches' And Turkey does not recogni=e the ))A of $reece and Cyprus& since doing that would allow the two countries to e>ploit the region+s natural gas' Israel however& did recogni=e the $reek and Cypriot ))A& as you can see at the following -ikipedia link'http344en'wikipedia'org4wiki4)>clusive9econo"ic9=one:$reece(ecogni=ing the $reek ))A was a "a,or blow in the Turkish#Israeli relations' *oreover& sinceTurkeywasthreatening$reeceandCyprusthat it wouldretaliateincasethey unilaterallydeclaredtheir ))Awithout Turkey+sapproval& $reece& CyprusandIsrael for"ed a "ilitarily coalition against Turkey' At the following -ikipedia link& at section *ilitary Cooperation& you can read about the $reek#Israeli "ilitary cooperation'http344en'wikipedia'org4wiki4$reece5)2560578Israel9relations:*ilitary9collaborationIn 2006 the first $reek#Israeli "ilitary e>ercise took place& under the code na"e $lorious !partan' The second "ilitary e>ercise between the two countries& with code na"e *inoas 2010& was scheduled for the 2Bthof *ay 2010& and was supposed to last until the 8rdof Cune' The e>ercise started on the 2Bth as scheduled' ;owever on the 81st of *ay 2010& in order to take revenge fro" Israel& )rdogan launched the $a=a ercise with the Israelis& and the Israelis had recogni=ed the $reek )>clusive )cono"ic Aone& and while $reece had ,oined a co""on defense doctrine with Israel against Turkey& )rdogan was attacking Israel to retaliate& and the $reek reporters were supporting )rdogan' Dou can readabout whatIsayinthe following link of the (esearch Institute of )uropean and A"erican !tudies'http344www'rieas'gr4research#areas4greek#israel#studies420EE#greek#israeli#cyprus#"ilitary#and#security#relations#a#preview#'ht"lTurkey-QatarThe second cause of the Turkish Israeli conflict is the natural gas and oil of the ersian $ulf' As I was e>plaining in great detail in "y essay 0The )nergy -ar Between F'!'A' and (ussia2& there is a great fight in the *iddle )ast between the !hiites regi"es of Iran& IraG& !yria& andHebanon& andthe!unniregi"esof%atar& !audi Arabia& F'A')' and Turkey'The cause of the conflict is that both the !hiites and the !unnis want to send ersian $ulf energy to )urope and )ast Asia with their own pipeline networks'Before the I!I! or I!IH attacks ?Isla"ic !tate of IraG and !yria or Isla"ic !tate of IraG and Hevant or si"ply Isla"ic !tate@& IraG& Iran& !yria& and Hebanon were controlled by !hiites?or!hia@' Theseregi"eswanted to send energyto )urope& following theroute Iran#IraG#!yria#Hebanon#)urope' Doucanreadabout theIran#IraG#!yriaorthe!hiite pipeline at the following -ikipedia link'http344en'wikipedia'org4wiki4Iran#IraG#!yria9pipelineDou can see at the following -ikipedia "ap the route they would follow'lease not that !yria is controlled by Assad& who is an Alawite' Alawites are a branch of !hiite Isla"& as you can read in the first few sentences of the following -ikipedia link'http344en'wikipedia'org4wiki4AlawitesIn the other hand& !unni regi"es i'e' %atar& !audi Arabia& F'A')'& 1uwait& and Turkey& want tobuildtheir ownpipelinenetwork& inorder tosendtheir energyto)urope& following the route %atar#!audi Arabia#IraG#!yria#Turkey#)urope' Dou can read for the %atar#Turkey pipeline at the following -ikipedia link'http344en'wikipedia'org4wiki4%atar#Turkey9pipelineAsyoucanseeatthe"ap& ifIraGand!yriaarecontrolledbythe!hiites& the!unni pipeline is blocked' That+s the cause of thewar intheregion' Therefore Turkey+s interests arecloselylinkedto%atar+s interests& sincethe%atar#Turkeypipelinewill increase dra"atically Turkey+s geopolitical significance as an international energy hub& and it will generate lot+s of revenues in hard currencies' But %atar is one of Israel+s lethal ene"ies& andthe"a,orsupporter of the terroristorgani=ation;a"as& which launches rockets to Israel'Therefore the !unni pipelines in the *iddle )ast bring Turkey and %atar "uch closer& andtheenergytrianglebetween$reece#Cyprus andIsrael& "oveIsrael andTurkey furtherapart' Asit is"ost oftheti"ethecase& energyisthereasonthat Israel and Turkey& once a strong alliance& are now standing so far away'Doucanread"oreabouttheipelinewarbetweenthe!unnisandthe!hiitesat the following link' 0The )nergy -ar Between F'!'A' and (ussia2'http344iakal'wordpress'co"4201440640/4the#energy#war#between#u#s#a#and#russia#and#the#threat#for#israels#survival4