During his 22-year reign, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expanded Turkey's power militarily in hot wars in Libya and Nagorno-Karabagh. Most recently, decades of methodical planning and quiet preparation culminated in forces that President Trump openly acknowledged were "[Erdoğan's] surrogates"[1] sweeping into Damascus in December 2024, capturing the government there. In September of this year, within the framework of a security agreement between Turkey and Syria, the Turkish military began to train Syrian police and military personnel.[2]
President Erdoğan has never designated Hamas as a terrorist organization and has instead for years welcomed its leadership and hosted its offices, including the operational offices of the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, headed by Saleh Al-Arouri, who was killed in a January 2, 2024 Israeli strike.[3] Since Hamas committed its massacre in Israel on October 7, 2023, the rhetoric of Erdoğan, his senior officials, and his media, which have always been hostile to Israel, have grown more alarming, suggesting the possibility of an impending Turkish attack on Israel.
In a November 15, 2023 meeting of his ruling AK Party, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed Prime Minister Netanyahu and the State of Israel in a video posted on T24 on YouTube (Turkey), saying Turkey knew Israel had an atomic bomb and was threatening others with it – "now the moment of your death is coming. Have as many nuclear bombs as you want. Have whatever you want. You're a goner."
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