Erdogan is Israel's best friend

Submitted by Kuvayi Milliye (Turkey), Aug 26, 2014 at 10:07

Erdogan performs a public stunt against Israel in front of cameras to impress his voters everytime but behind closed doors, he is sitting in Israel's lap. Following the Davos and Mavi Marmara incidents, Erdogan always said, "we almost zeroed our relations with Israel" and since then,

- The economic relations between Israel and Turkey increased 4 times in 2013 compared to the previous year.

- Erdogan government allowed the oil of Barzani administration to get transported to Israeli harbors from Northern Iraq.

- After the imperialist assault on Syria began, Erdogan government began designing Turkey's trade routes over Israel.

- Last year, an official from Israeli Defence Ministry stated that the armament agreements and sales between Turkey and Israel is still going on.

- Erdogan government lifted the veto on Israel's participation to NATO activities.

- According to the figures of the Turkish Statistics Institute (TUIK), 125 tons of jet fuel was sold to Israel in March. That means while Erdogan is roaring to Israel in front of cameras, Israel is flying it's jets with the fuel they bought from Erdogan government.…

Erdogan does not have the notion of Turkishness, national values and unitary state is against his world view. That view is the same as Muslim Brotherhood had in Egypt. Thats why the concept of nation for Erdogan and AKP is Ummah/Ummet of Islam. But this Ummah/Ummet concept has also a sectarian element in it.

Erdogan said half of the Turkmens in Iraq are Shia. After Reyhanli/Hatay bombing, he said "our Sunni citizens were murdered". That is why it is only normal that when you witness such a mentality not extending a helping hand to Turkmens. Because they are not Arabs and Sunni. The same Erdogan and AKP starts roaring when someone tries to touch Hamas because Hamas is another branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine. Only Hamas though, not the entire Palestine.

The same Erdogan did not even mention the names of the young people that died during Gezi protests even once and even made the crowd to "boo" the mother of a 15 year old teen in Gaziantep province. Majority of the protesters that died were Alawite. Expecting a mentality which divides his own citizens based on sectarianism and with a view such as "you are either with us or against us" to help Shia Turkmens in Iraq is waste of time.

Not to mention the most deep rooted followers of Erdogan in AKP said, "our prime minister has all the qualities of Allah, Mr. Tayyip is like a second prophet to us, to repeat what Erdogan does is a Sunnah, touching Erdogan is like a divine service" and many others.

As a result, these people are not Muslims but something else. They worship to money, power and doesnt feel ashamed to abuse any kind of spiritual value. Turkey has never experienced something like Erdogan in it's political history. Getting rid of the imperialist agent Erdogan is the first priority for Turkey. He is a danger not only for Turkey, but also for our region.

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