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Israel Maps Turkey's Growing Perimeter
(Israel Hayom) Shay Gal - Turkish military entrenchment across the Syrian frontier, a permanent presence on Cypriot territory, corridor assertions to Libya in the central Mediterranean, and security frameworks in Somalia constitute layers of depth for Ankara. In Jerusalem, Turkey is assessed through the Turkish perimeter doctrine, a consolidated reading of all Turkish friction lines, military entrenchments, and forward projections as a single expanding strategic envelope. Turkey is a NATO member with an expanding defense industry, assertive leadership, and armed forces that combine legacy platforms with indigenous drones, naval expansion, and a growing missile inventory. This is alongside strategic energy infrastructure on its Mediterranean coastline built under Russian ownership and strategic dependence, and coupled with declared ambitions for independent nuclear fuel capability. Maritime infrastructure linking Israel to Europe via Cyprus and Greece crosses waters that Ankara contests.