Turkey pulled out of a joint air force exercise with Israel even after Israel brought NATO into the drill to make it more palatable to the Turks. The cancellation decision came from the Islamist political echelon which overrode the traditionally cooperative stance of the Turkish military.
Though Turkey cited the Gaza war as the reason for cancellation, the truth is that Turkey wants no part in an exercise aimed against Iran.
The fact that NATO canceled its participation in the exercise immediately after Turkey’s decision confirms that IAF had a central role in the exercise and a coming attack on Iran.
Just as Turkey’s Islamist parties crumbled in the municipal elections and might not survive the next national elections, Islamists are making inroads into the army and subverting that atheistic and pro-Israeli institution.
