Turkey and Israel in the 2000s From Cooperation to Conflict

2012-09-01
The 1990s witnessed a growing rapprochement in relations between Turkey and Israel, which in a decade’s time have become strained, reaching an all-time low with the Mavi Marmara incident in 2010. This article aims to analyze the developments in relations between the two countries mainly in the 2000s. The domestic, regional, and international levels are examined, with special attention to the factors that led to the current state of strained relations between the two countries.
Israel Studies

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Citation Formats
Ö. Tür Küçükkaya, “Turkey and Israel in the 2000s From Cooperation to Conflict,” Israel Studies, pp. 45–66, 2012, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/84579.