Turkish Trade Minister visits Israel. Turkey is trying to improve its relationship with Israel to buy American F 35

1-Turkish Trade Minister visits Israel.
Turkey is trying to improve its relationship with Israel to buy American F 35. Because the United States said no to sell US war plan f35 to Turkey.
2-Turkey needs Israeli technicians to be able to fight against Kurdish gerilla pkk.
  Right now Turkish military can not fight against Kurdish rebels because Turkey wants to do it by Israeli help, we urge Israeli politicians not to help Turkish regime against Kurdish people because the Kurdish people love the Israeli people.

Turkey energy minister ‘to visit Israel for pipeline deal.

Turkey’s Energy Minister Berat Albayrak is set to visit Israel by the end of this year to conclude an agreement for the building of a natural gas pipeline from the Jewish state to Turkey, the Israeli energy minister said on yesterday (12 July).

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About 15 people were killed today (31 May) when the Israeli navy intercepted ships carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists toward the Gaza Strip. The bloodshed sparked strong reactions of condemnation from the European Commission, the European Parliament president and major political groups.

A visit by Albayrak, son-in-law of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and a key member of his inner circle, would be a significant diplomatic move by Ankara after a rapprochement deal last year between the two countries mended a long-standing rift.

The crisis was triggered by Israel’s deadly storming in 2010 of a Gaza-bound ship which left 10 Turkish activists dead. But the two countries normalised ties in June last year and rapidly begun discussing the gas pipeline project.

Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said both countries decided to accelerate efforts to conclude by the end of this year an intergovernmental agreement that will enable the construction of a pipeline from Israel to Turkey.

“Hopefully, Mr. Albayrak will pay a visit to Israel this year in 2017, which will help us accelerate and try to conclude this agreement,” the minister said at the World Petroleum Congress in Istanbul after meeting Albayrak.

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Turkey, a country poor in energy resources, has voiced its ambitions to leverage its geographic position by becoming an even more important crossroads of supply routes and a giant energy hub, saying this would “improve” the EU’s energy security.

He added that no exact date had been fixed but it would take place in the coming months.

Turkey, which largely depends on foreign supplies for its energy needs, is keen to diversify resources and has a close eye on Israel’s own developing resources.

Israel is searching for energy partners to develop its Leviathan natural gas field in a bid to make it economically feasible.

“We want to build a pipeline stretching from Israel to Turkey in order to able to export natural gas from Israel to Turkey,” Steinitz said, adding that the Israeli gas could be delivered to Europe and to the Balkans through Turkey.

‘Don’t make me choose’

Israel is also moving ahead with plans, together with Italy, Greece and Cyprus, to build the world’s longest undersea gas pipeline from the eastern Mediterranean to southern Europe, with support from the European Union.

Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Israel eye longest offshore gas pipeline

Italy, Israel, Greece and Cyprus pledged today (3 April) to move ahead with the world’s longest undersea gas pipeline from the eastern Mediterranean to southern Europe, with support from the European Union.

If carried out as planned, the long-discussed $6.2-billion pipeline will take gas from Israel and Cyprus’s offshore gas reserves to Europe, potentially reducing European dependence on Russian energy.

Both Israel and Cyprus have started to extract gas from their offshore fields in recent years, and officials have sought to market that gas to Europe an alternative to Russian monopoly over gas supplies.

Cyprus will develop offshore gas irrespective of reunification

Cyprus will continue its project of developing offshore gas, keeping this dossier “completely separate” from the negotiations for the reunification of the island, the Cypriot Minister of Energy, Yorgos Lakkotrypis, said today (26 May).

Erdoğan warned this week global energy companies to stay away from any deal with Cyprus for gas and oil exploration in the eastern Mediterranean after talks missed a “big opportunity” to unite the divided island.

Asked if eastern Mediterranean could be a source of tension between Israel and Turkey, Steinitz said: “Hopefully this region will find its way in the future to cooperate and establish good relations,” he said.

Steinitz hailed both pipeline projects with Turkey and Europe as “extremely important” and said: “Don’t force me to choose”.