We need to talk about Turkey - with Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak & Nadav Eyal

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The collapse of Assad’s regime in Syria has created a new geopolitical reality, in which Turkey has emerged as a dominant regional power, both militarily and diplomatically. For Israel, this new reality entails certain risks, but also opportunities for cooperation?
 
What is Turkey’s next move - and what are Erdogan’s ambitions? And how is Israel preparing for this new order? 
 
To help us understand, our guests are Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak and Call me Back regular Nadav Eyal. 
 
Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, who moved to Israel from Turkey, is a researcher at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University, and an expert on contemporary Turkish politics and society. Yanarocak is the editor of Turkeyscope, and a member of the Middle East Network Analysis Desk. He is a frequent guest on Israeli media, where he regularly appears to discuss contemporary Turkish issues. 
 
Nadav Eyal is a columnist for Yediiot. He is one of Israel’s leading journalists. Eyal has been covering Middle-Eastern and international politics for the last two decades for Israeli radio, print and television news.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:20 Hay’s background & expertise
05:58 Turkish-Israeli relations in the 1990s
07:07 How is the Ottoman Empire period relevant today, from the Turkish perspective?
10:30 Is there an ambition to return to the influence of the Ottomans?
12:46 Erdogan: Background & Evolution
16:43 What role has Israel played in the national discourse in Turkey?
31:03 Israel’s Perspective: Will Turkey fill the vacuum left by the axis of resistance?
35:07 Coup attempt against Erdogan
40:40 Could the reach of Turkey go all the way to the Golan Heights?
48:18 What steps are being taken in Israel with regard to Turkey?

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