Episode 311 | Turkey’s neo-Ottoman ambitions and its implications for Israel

And regarding Turkey's naval ambitions, kind of overseeing, obviously, this is where it challenges Israel's alliance with the Hellenic allies, Greece and Cyprus.

What's Turkey's agenda there?

So there is a kind of a concept, the idea of the kind of the Blue Marmara, like the idea that Turkey can project its influence in the Eastern Mediterranean and not only that it should, it's also that it's rightful place to do so.

And I think actually this is where the more immediate challenge actually lies.

And so the F-35 issue is more theoretical, what can happen in the future.

But the reality is that Turkey has a very strong navy.

It has in the past showed that it can harass and cause significant trouble to Cyprus and also Greece.

And the possibility is real that it can continue that a few years.

Miles south towards closer to Israel's exclusive economic zones, perhaps under the guise of supporting Lebanon or Syria.

So that is also potentially a threat.

And I think one that Israel should be taking seriously and is, I think, is on the horizon, actually.