If Turkey does'nt feel threatened by the potential for a nuclear arms race between Iran & Israel why is she so worried?? DUH !

basburg, the time is now -its either you , Eu, western, modern, democatic or erdogan, ancient, islamic , antiisrael in his bones and deep, autocratic. You make up your mind fast. Put him in jail for overthrowing ataturk and introducing islamic brainwashing to the courts. He lies chronically and is a buffoon, like moussa, a real stooge.

Really? Your ilk haven't slowed in demanding sanctions against Israel for its DEFENSIVE stance against terrorist acts by war criminal "palestinians".... I think defending the Iranian's desire to get nukes, after 31 years of supporting global terror, threats on its neighbors, and oppression of their own citizens as..."not healthy"...but then again - oppression of Kurds and an Armenian genocide aren't very healthy either.

This wacko is really out of his mind, he is comparing Israel to Iran, these people are terrorists, they stated that they want to wipe Israel of the map, do you see the difference? What a joke, sick and tired of Erdogan stupid comments, we really see your true face, you anti-semite, go to hell!

How do you prove a negative? How is Iran supposed to prove they DON'T have something? No matter what they say, or what information they provide, people will say they aren't showing everything. It's like the US and UFOs. How can the gov't prove if something DIDN'T happen.

They don't need to "prove a negative", all Iran needs to do is to allow free inspections by the IAEA. IF they want nuclear energy they only stand to gain. IF they want a nuclear bomb, whatever they do, IT WILL BLOW UP IN THEIR FACES. INSHA'ALLA Pay attention Iranian dictators, THE WARNING WAS POSTED. DON'T PLAY WITH WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. If and when Iran becomes (again) a free and open society, with a democratically elected government, then they could have an atomic bomb. But by then they will most probably pass on the opportunity, like most other democracies (at least those that don't have "neighbors" that constantly threaten their existence -- in speech and deed).

MICHAEL, Iran's PM has publicaly stated his anti Israel sentiments, however,Israel has engaged in ethnic cleansing of occupied territories SINCE 1967, UNDER THE COVER OF "SEARCH FOR PEACE" Israel cannot afford peace. Peace with it's neighbors will prevent Israel from taking over more land.

SANCTIONS AND DIPLOMACY HAS SURELY FAILED !!!. MILITARY SRIKE IS LEFT !!!. Arn.

"I do believe it is their (He is referring to Iran) final aspiration to have a nuclear weapon in the end," as a matter of " 'national pride.' These are the words of the Turkish president Abdullah Gul to Claudia Rosett of Forbes as it was published on March 26. On the the hand PM Erdogan was giving assurances to the world in an interview at BBC recently that Iran does not have any nuclear ambitions. Who do you believe? PM Erdogan or president Gul?

If Turkey had not felt imposed and insulted by statements of genocide against the Armenians--and needing to show its national clout--does anyone think this posturing would be happening to this extent?

Inspite of the fact that Israel acquired neuclear arms , why the western countries are not addressing it while only considering sanction against Iran ? The west must answer how they overlooked Israel .

There is a double standard, if Israel has nuclear weapons then the other countries in the Middle East should have them also as a matter of self-defense. If Israel is disarmed, then no country should have these weapons.

(you are not related to Honore de Balzac by any chance?) When PM Erdogan insulted Israel at Davos there was no Armenian Genocide bill in the USA. Same when Turkey excluded Israel from the routine military exercise as well as many other harsh words and actions against Israel for the past 2 years. This attitude against Israel of PM Erdogan has nothing to do with the Armenian bill or any other thing. It his related to his upbringing at a Imam Hatip high school (Turkish equivalent of a Madrasa) and his extreme Islamic religious convictions. Just like his famous words "Democracy is not our objective it is a bus. When we get to our destination we will get of this bus" and his famous poem about using the minarets as spear and the Mosque domes a s shields in the war against the Kafirs (infidels)

Iran is under NPT and IAEA has been inspecting their sites continuously. In fact they have 24/67 cameras monitoring the enrichment sites. Israel is the one that needs to be inspected.

Hello. Just some notes on your talkbalks. 1. Abdullah Gül claimed he never gave an interview to Forbes magazine saying he believes that Iran is building nuclear weapons. Even Turkish media was sorry for claiming that. 2. Erdogan just quoted the words with the minarets as spears. As far as I know this refrain was taken from a poem written by Ziya Gökalp, a far right-wing person who committed suicide after he was politically isolated. Irony of that story: Gökalp himself was a ethnic Zaza from Diyarbakir and no ethnic Turk himself. Take care David amca

Israel is a tiny country with about 7 million population where 5 Million of it is Jewish. It is surrounded by many Arab/Islamic countries which add up to about 100 Million and they have been waging wars against Israel since Israel's inception. Furthermore while the total numbers of Jews in the world is about 15 Million there are over 1 Billion Muslims in the world most of whom would like to destroy Israel. Israel never used any nuclear power even in its darkest times. For Israel to have nuclear power is only a deterrent against aggression while for Iran, whose president many times indicated that he would like to wipe out Israel from the map is an offensive, destructive and dangerous weapon.

If Iran is enriching uranium to levels only useful in making nuclear weapons, then Iran should be sanctioned.

What a miserable character !

1. The office of Pesident Gul said that he never gave an interview to Wll Street Journal. Fact 1, Claudia Rosett works at Forbes now. Fact 2 is that the meeting between Ms. Rosett and other guests did happen where tape recorders were not allowed but note pads and pens were provided and none of the conversations were restricted as "off the record". Claudia Rosett is a reputable journalist. What she wrote did happen. The denial is not about the words but about the type of the meeting which was not officially an interview. 2. That poem of Ziya Gokalp was made famous when Mr. Erdogan read it (I believe) while he was teh mayor of Istanbul. Guten nacht.

The Turkish government is simply trying to mediate between the west and Iran. It's no secret that Prof. Davutoglu aims to transform Turkey into a regional power broker and this "diplomacy" card is merely one manifestation of Prof. Davutoglu's "Strategic Debth" project. Turkey wants to market itself as the new peace broker in the ME. Hence, why it insists on mediating between Israel and Syria aswell. Turkey doesn't want to see a nuclear Iran. In fact, while advocating diplomacy with Iran, Turkey is also taking military steps to counterbalance the influence of a possible nuclear Iran in the ME. Turkey's $7.8 billion Patriot missile defence system purchase, 1000+ Altay Tanks, 700+ helicopters (Attack, Heavy and Medium lift), NBC units, LPD, KC-135 In-flight refueling tankers, Heavy ligt cargo planes, F-35 and UAV etc acquisitions all support this. Turkey will never allow a regional country to have the upper military hand in it's backyard. Whats worse is that if Irans becomes nuclear, Turkey may also develop its own nuclear arsenal (if it already hasn't) in addition to the current NATO provided nuclear warheads it possesses, in order to deter any nuclear threat. What might also be important to note here is that Turkey's 6 new U214TN AIP submarines have 80cm diameter launch holes, allowing the installation of Ballistic missile launchers. This would mean Turkey would also have a secondary strike capability. Another major deterent against nuclear threats.

a couple of radical lunatic islamists. this is why there is a big difference between israel and iran.

Why is there so much hatred against Iran about its talk to wipe Israel off the map. Iran is just talk. That's all it can do. Beware instead of those who are silent but would act brutally. Some in Europe can do it again. It is they you should beware of.

while this is a fact that Israel is the only country that is surrounded by Arab countries. but this is not really a reason to develop a nuclear weapon and if so David Iran would also have the right to develop a nuclear weapon as Iran neighbors all Sunni and Arabs and its the only Persian shiaa country in the region. to say that all Arabs are waiting to start a war against Israel is a stupid generalization. the point is this kind of twisted logic isreal have been using all the time to justify anything is out dated somehow because we are not living in the 1950s or in the 1960s its 2010 now and israel already has developed its realtionship with alot of the arab countries either directly or indirectly the real problem is we need to acknowledge that Israel has a nuclear weapon in order to solve all these problems if Iran managed to have a nuclear weapon this might lead to countries like Saudi Arabia and by your logic it will feel threatened and then it will have to acquire or get a nuclear weapon from somewhere.

till this point the IAEA inspectors havent found any clue that Iran is actually developing a nuclear weapon, so I see no rush on getting the whole world attention towards Iran. and actually the NPT is a stupid treaty and Israel didn't sign it and if Iran want to develop a nuclear weapon it could easily drop out of the agreement .

Wow! Do you really need us to draw it for you? I guess so. They don't say nothing because they know Israel is not crazy to use it. But your Mahmood and mullahs are crazy enough t use it. WE DO NOT TRUST YOUR MAHMOOD! You get it? Does 6 million mean anything to you? No wonder our Iran is ruined. We have clever people like you to thank for.

Aren't sanctions a non-military means of confronting an opponent? Non-military means of confronting an opponent is diplomacy in action.

Erdogan said they must focus on other country that is Israel, and that is repeated many times Turkish stance on Iranian Nukes are not even to oppose Iranian Nuclear arms at all, as long as Israel holds nuclear Arsenal. Eventually Israel will hand over Nuclear Arms to International scrappers and sit in the middle of Arabia without nukes. Turkish policy is favouring Iran as Israel threaten muslims with Nukes, Iran is a good international business partner and when Europe really observe sanctions Turkish companies will do more business with Iran! PM Erdogan also said it was the Europe and West who failed to observe sanctions in the past and many European companies continued their business with Iran underhanded. Iranian issue now turned against Israel and Israeli insistence will bring rather nuclear disarmement to Israel.

....and nuclear weapons, first to rehash what Erdogan said..... ......"We are against nuclear weapons in our region. But is there another country in our region that has nuclear weapons? Yes, there is. And have they been subjected to sanctions? No,".... ......ok got that so far? Good. Now read this....... ......"Turkey is one of five NATO member states which are part of the nuclear sharing policy of the alliance, a total of 90 B61 nuclear bombs are hosted at the Incirlik Air Base, 40 of which are allocated for use by the Turkish Air Force."...... ....information Taken from Wikipedia page on Turkey. OK, so there you have it, if they are so against nukes in the region, why are they hosting 90 nuclear bombs, 40 of which are allocated to their air force???? The recent failed coup in Turkey, was probably that nations last chance, Turkey is lost. Lost in the Islam sauce.