Turkey is already ‘part’ of this war
Israel’s regional strategy increasingly places Turkey within the logic of the war. The Kurds, meanwhile, are being pushed into an impossible position within that same design.
Not ‘in’ the war, çok şükür. Not yet.
But ‘part’ of the war.
The regional war that Israel is intent on waging.
A few reasons for that.
First, Iran also wants to escalate it to a degree that each and every country in the Middle East feels battered enough that they would do everything in their power to impede another cycle in six months. There have already been two missiles directed at Turkey’s US and NATO bases, both of which were intercepted. What happens, mazallah, if there is a third?
Second, if the war continues at this speed or turns into a protracted conflict between Iran and Israel, there will be a wave of migration from Iran to Turkey, which would make Turkey surely a part of the war as the most stable neighbour.
And finally, and most importantly, Turkey is part of this war because Israel wants it, is intent on it. And in this environ…
