HEADLINE: Erdogan's Neo-Ottoman Ambitions: Turkey's Escalating Confrontation with Israel and Regional Power Plays GUEST NAME: Sinan Ciddi SUMMARY: Erdogan's Neo-Ottoman ambitions are driving Turkey to increasingly confront Israel through vilifying rhetor
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🗓️ 18 September 2025
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HEADLINE: Erdogan's Neo-Ottoman Ambitions: Turkey's Escalating Confrontation with Israel and Regional Power Plays
GUEST NAME: Sinan Ciddi
SUMMARY: Erdogan's Neo-Ottoman ambitions are driving Turkey to increasingly confront Israel through vilifying rhetoric, alleged support for Hamas cells, and a growing military footprint across the Mediterranean and Africa, risking miscalculation and armed conflict in Syria. Erdogan is pursuing Neo-Ottomanism, escalating tensions with Israelthrough vilifying rhetoric and alleged MIT involvement in Hamas plots. Turkey's military expansion, including bases in Somalia and northern Cyprus, and advanced weaponry like drones and hypersonic missiles, positions it to dominate the Mediterranean and challenge Israel. Miscalculation in Syria poses a risk of armed conflict.
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| 0:24.1 | This is CBS. I on the world. I'm John Batchel. Turkey, dominating Asia minor. Turkey. |
| 0:31.6 | The remains of the vast Ottoman Empire once upon a time, a hundred years gone, except I welcome Sinan Chidi of the |
| 0:39.3 | Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, who's my guide on the very powerful and ambitious |
| 0:44.7 | Mr. Erdogan, the now president 23 years in power in Ankara and Istanbul for Turkey, and raising |
| 0:53.2 | his sights on the whole of the former Ottoman Empire. |
| 0:57.1 | It's called neo-Ottomanism. |
| 0:58.8 | What does it look like? |
| 0:59.7 | Well, we're going to look at a piece of it right now. |
| 1:02.4 | So on a very good evening to you, you've recently posted at Harat, which is a very high-end |
| 1:08.0 | newspaper in Tel Aviv, that there is suggestion that the MIT, that state |
| 1:15.1 | security of Turkey, has been active most recently in Israel in a deadly fashion. |
| 1:21.3 | This is the suggestion that I had not read before. |
| 1:25.3 | Did the Mossad, did Shimbat, did they take this all seriously, this suggestion? |
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