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Prophetic & very astute.

On 16 August 1953 the #Israel/i Amb to #Turkey Maurice Fisher wrote, inter alia, the following to Jerusalem:

"Our relations with #Turkey have been extremely good of late...[but] these good relations could deteriorate overnight ... >>>

[2/4] ... and we should learn from the bitter experience of others.
The Turks have yet to achieve a standard by which, in the event of disagreement with another state, they can weigh up the positions of both sides ... >>>

[3/4 ] ... For them, there exists one sole principle: in any conflict with a foreigner, whether a private individual, a company or a state, the Turk is always right.»

(Pls go to [4/4] for the source. Thx)

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Source: Amikam Nachmani, “#Israel, #Turkey and #Greece: Uneasy Relations in the East Mediterranean”. London: Frank Cass, 1987, p. 43.

#EastMed #Cyprus #Greece #Turkey #Israel #Egypt #UAE #Jordan #Libya #Syria #Iraq #UNCLOS