Turkey Leaving The West

From Yahoo News:
"Turkish PM says navy will escort aid ships to Gaza"

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stepped up his belligerent rhetoric against Israel, saying Turkish warships will escort future aid boats leaving its territory for Gaza to prevent a repeat of last year's deadly Israeli raid on an aid flotilla. Erdogan's comments to Al-Jazeera television Thursday were the first time Turkey has said its navy will use force to protect ships attempting to break Israel's blockade of the coastal Palestinian territory. Turkey had already announced it would increase navy patrols in the eastern Mediterranean in response to Israel's refusal to apologize for the raid. Turkey and Israel have enjoyed close relations that gave Israel a strong defense ally and allowed Turkey to purchase Israeli high-tech military equipment. But relations declined steadily after 2008 over Israel's war in Gaza, with Erdogan repeatedly attacking Israel for the deaths of Palestinians. Erdogan, whose party has roots in Turkey's Islamic movement, has also adopted a more hardline approach toward Israel after a strong election victory in July gave him a third consecutive term in office. The rift with Israel comes as Turkey's yearslong bid to join the European Union has all but faltered and the country has forged closer ties with the Arab and Muslim world.

^ It seems that Turkey is moving away from the Western world and instead moving towards the Muslim world. Turkey should remember that Israel has never lost a war against anyone in the Muslim/Arab world and they will never hesitate to protect themselves if they are ever threatened. Turkey would never win a war against Israel (just like no other Muslim or Arab country has.) Turkey needs to rethink it's foreign policy as well as internal policies if it wants to have a chance to be in the Western World. ^

http://news.yahoo.com/turkish-pm-says-navy-escort-aid-ships-gaza-063903153.html