Erdogan is calling out Israel and expressing that Turkey does not owe anything to her except the west.
Turkey certainly has benefited from its Israel. in absence of that there could be much broader sanctions and Turkey relationship with post world war Germany not the same. what if there was no Western Industrial revolution that how would Turkey dealt with Arabs. so indirectly Turkey still owe Israel. even today Erdogan is still calling Zelensky for support but Zelensky too terrified of Israel for calling ceasefire.
Turkey has been an official candidate for EU membership since 1999. In 2005, accession negotiations were launched. Negotiations, however, have been protracted and are expected to last at least another 10 to 15 years; at the same time membership is far from guaranteed. While the country’s membership bid constitutes possibly the most divisive application in the EU’s history, one of the most ardent supporters for Turkey’s membership has been the United States. The U.S. has persistently and publicly advocated for Turkey’s EU membership. This book depicts the evolution of American arguments across different time periods. It seeks to explain what the administrations’ official rhetoric reveals about the reasons and the content of U.S. arguments in favor of Turkey’s EU bid