My first meeting with the definition of war was in early 1980’s. I saw missile attacks of Iran and Iraq on television. Every day I heard some information about knells from both sides. They used martyr instead of death. Then when I was at sixth grade, one day in the morning I heard the attack of USA to Iraq on the same day’s early hours. It was Gulf Crises and War in that region. Then I witnessed war in Afghanistan, Chechnya, and Iraq again. By the way there has been a constant close combat in Gaza for many years. I can say more about these wars or combats but the common ground of all these things is that Turkey plays an important role in that region. Relation of countries is different from relation of people and there is no room for sentiment in international relations. People like or don’t like some others but country’s choice is not as simple as people’s. Countries have to get on well the others even if they have some contradictions.
Middle East is one of the most sensitive regions throughout the history. This region is the cradle of three major divine religions; it is also at the location of major oil reserves in the world and the water source is vital for that region. These are the common interests of countries for the region and on the other hand in case of any conflict or war every county would like to see Turkey as its ally. However, none of these countries would like to see a powerful Turkey in all respects in the region. Notwithstanding it seems a dilemma, rules of international relations are different. When we look at the last 100 years, during the negotiation on Mosul after independence war, suddenly rebellion came out in east part of Turkey; or after operations in North Cyprus, ASALA came out to kill Turkish diplomats in mission. Many more examples can be given as coincidences. Last few years we have been hearing genocide allegation from many countries. However, the same question can be asked to France, Italy, Serbia, USA, etc. This is called international relations in textbooks and diplomacy.
People see the 13 episode drama on television or when they read the news about this conflict, their mind will form based on what they have gotten from the surface about it. However, I have no doubt about the relation between Turkey and Israel. I think this kind of speech or action from both sides is not extraordinary situations. These can be called political maneuvering of countries especially to provide more supporters in domestic politics. Therefore, neither Turkey nor Israel can jeopardize the relations. If Israel suspended relations with Turkey, it would be alone in that region because it has problems almost all countries in Middle East.
In Turkey we have proverb as “akan su yolunu bulur” which can be translated into English as “flowing water finds its own path”. So sometimes there might be conflicts between countries, tension between them rises and falls but at the end relations keep going on…
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