With recovery diplomatic relations between Israel and Turkey and the return of ambassadors and consuls general to the two countries began a new era in Ankara’s relations with Tel Aviv.

It’s believed that Recep Tayyip Erdogan continues its efforts to abandon the politics of conflict and rivalry that it has chosen to pursue with the countries of the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean region, and is now returning to realism. This is also the reason why political analysts believe that the Israeli-Turkish relations at the diplomatic level can return to the past, but it will take many years to establish a relationship of trust.

In 2010, the political conflict with Israel began with the dispatch of the Mavi Marmara ship to Gaza, where Israeli special forces invaded, and until recently, Israel for all Turkish officials, as well as for Mr. Erdogan, was considered a “terrorist state” because of the Palestinian.

But this is not the last action of Mr. Erdogan, who renounces his own choice in foreign policy. He was preceded by political initiatives on Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, and in recent days he has made proposals to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Erdogan has sought to topple Assad, calling him a “murderer and dictator” and supporting opposition groups fighting the Syrian president. “We don’t care if we defeat Assad or not! We must ensure that we move forward with Syria. With these steps, I hope that with our neighbors we will break many games in the entire region, in this region of the Islamic world,” the Turkish President told reporters during his return from a visit to Ukraine.

How is Ankara explained in his attempt to restore its relationship(s) with Israel.

The well-known Turkish political analyst Taha Akyol, who a few years ago was considered one of the most influential representatives of the pro-government faction, in his article in the Karar newspaper claims that “after Erdogan’s successive electoral victories, the economic recovery, the Arab Spring, the elections of the Muslim Brotherhood ” in Egypt, the AKP party spirit that “100-year captivity ends, artificial borders cease to exist.” Similarly, in Syria they said that they would pray in a mosque in Damascus. They donned “spectacles of a common religious and cultural heritage” and ignored the reality of nation-states. Finally, seven years late, they realized that it was necessary to make peace with Egypt. Greece improved relations with the Arabs, we closed ourselves in the Eastern Mediterranean. Now, after ten years of fighting, there is talk of a dialogue with Assad. It is imperative that Turkey return to its traditional foreign policy.”

In such an environment, Ankara is trying to find a balance between Moscow and Washington. Ten representatives of the Turkish Ministry of Defense went to the United States for negotiations and consultations on the modernization of the F-16, as well as the purchase of new F-16 Viper fighters. According to the newspaper, the Turkish mission presented the state of its spare parts, the technical capabilities it wants to have in the fighters, and the Turkish-made systems that will be used in the modernization of the fighters. Later, the US Department of Defense will send a corresponding report to Congress.

But on the day the consultations began, the head of the Russian military-technical cooperation service, Dmitry Shugaev, speaking about the S-400, said that Ankara had signed a second contract for their purchase.

For its part, a spokesman for the Turkish Defense Industry Administration told Reuters that “there are no new agreements.” According to Turkish media, the initial contract signed with Russia for the purchase of the S-400 already included two installations. “We don’t have specific developments worth mentioning. The transfer of know-how and the production of spare parts in Turkey are being discussed,” the Turkish official added.