The once and future Ottoman Empire?
From Reuters, July 28:
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey might enter Israel as it had done in the past in Libya and Nagorno-Karabakh, though he did not spell out what sort of intervention he was suggesting.
Erdogan, who has been a fierce critic of Israel's offensive in Gaza, started discussing that war during a speech praising his country's defence industry."We must be very strong so that Israel can't do these ridiculous things to Palestine. Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we might do similar to them," Erdogan told a meeting of his ruling AK Party in his hometown of Rize."There is no reason why we cannot do this ... We must be strong so that we can take these steps," Erdogan added in the televised address.AK Party representatives did not respond to calls asking for more detail on Erdogan's comments. Israel did not immediately make any comment.The president appeared to be referring to past actions by Turkey.In 2020, Turkey sent military personnel to Libya in support of the United Nations-recognised Government of National Accord of Libya....
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Bringing to mind a 2020 post (among others):
May 2020
"Turkey warns Libya's Haftar of military escalation"
What the hell is Turkey doing in Libya?
I seem to recall something about "We came, We saw, He died"
And a U.S. Predator drone hitting Gaddafi's escaping convoy and then the French Air Force came screaming in.
And then the British SAS-advised NTC rebels caught Gaddafi and sodomized him with a bayonet and Leading from Behind jokes made the rounds in D.C. and David Cameron joined the Council on Foreign Relations and tried to raise a $1 billion UK-China fund but proved he's no Tony Blair in the money game but
What the hell is Turkey doing in Libya?
