Turkey’s path of no return, away from the West

In the conflict between Israel and Hamas, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made his choice. At first, he appeared to be ambivalent and maintain a relative balance (it should be noted that he had not unequivocally condemned the attack by Hamas), but over time his views became clear and more aggressive towards Israel, the West and the United States. As Israel's operations in the Gaza Strip continued, there was an uproar inside Turkey, with all political parties openly opposing Israel.

We should remember that Turkey was one of the first countries to react to the attack on the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, rushing to adopt Hamas' view that Israel was responsible for it, and the Turkish parliament even issued a statement unanimously condemning Israel and calling on the rest of the Muslim countries to follow suit. Just a few days later, Erdogan's far-right coalition partner...