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Source: http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/206513/why-turkey-needs-diplomatic-ties-with-israel
Why Turkey Needed to Reconcile with Israel
(Tablet) Armin Rosen - Turkey is far weaker, less stable, and more vulnerable than it was six years ago. The failure and eventual removal of Egypt's short-lived, Turkish-supported, Muslim Brotherhood-led government reduced some of Ankara's influence and appeal. But the defining event for Turkish regional policy has been the civil war in Syria. ISIS has carried out repeated attacks inside Turkey. Moreover, Turkey's military and political influence in northern Syria has been reduced as ISIS and then Syrian Kurdish fighters took over nearly the entirety of the Syrian-Turkish border region.