and he uses Israel as his whipping boy for the arab street. The letter is nice but, I'm afraid it will fall on deaf ears.

He realy wants to restore the ottoman empire and destroy Israel.His support for islamic terrorist organizations is proof of that.

You know he and the rest of the arab world will only view it as weakness. When will this never ending attitude of appeasement cease?

From killing turks.turkey why hamas doesn't recognize our existence.don't you see it?what we can do with an enemy that even doesn't call us human and kidnap our soldiers and has sworn to our elimination.turkey you have entered in our internal affair from a wrong path.if you really like to end war and we lift blockade,first of all go and talk with hamas that often fire grad to our territory with this intention to make fear for our citizen. turkey you are not similar to extremist arab leaders that relationship with israel is not acceptable for them.are you?

I dont know about megalomania but you are a maniac! Your ignorance is surprising or then again perhaps not considering your American. Whilst it is true that Erdogan might have interests in restoring the Ottoman Empire - something that I personally do not agree with, your understanding of the Empire is very minimal since it has no link with Israel's destruction or 'islamic' terrorism! Jews enjoyed great position in Ottoman Empire and thrived there in many cities fleeing from 'terror' in other lands. Most Jews in Ottoman Empire did not desire the creation of an Israel, something they did not see necessary - since they were so happy in their new home Turkey. And what is the link between Ottoman empire and islamic terror organisation?! You are so misinformed. Erdogan recognised, rightfuly so the voice of people of Gaza (even if it is a bit extreme though I dont expect anything different) and believes in giving them the right to voice their oppinion. Israel has pushed away all her friends in the area and so I would likely guess the only people that dont want Ottoman Empire is Israel but then who cares what Israel thinks. It is a country sinking into deprevation and isolation. Something which they can thank themselves for. Despite Israils shameful ways and occupation and racism Turkey has remained close with this regime. But our friendship with Israel is not something without conditions, Israel must respect Palestinians and their right to exist otherwise why should we defend your right to exist?!

double yuck. Erdogan is an enemy.

yes, malone, many arabs will see it as weakness. The most likely result of this false perception is that our hostile arab neighbors will once again over play their hand, and end up losing (again) whatever they start. Take look back to other times in history when our arab friends misinterpreted our eagerness for peace as weakness and initiated conflict, political or military. They lost big each time. One day, they will learn that our desire for friendship is as real as our strength. Ironically, its their hostility that keeps Israeli's focused, united, and productive.

IT IS TRUE THAT DURING OTTOMAN EMPIRE ALL THE ETHNICITYS LIVED MUCH BETTER THAN TODAY BUT NOW WE SEE THE NEW CALIPH ERDOGAN MAKING BLUNDERS AFTER BLUNDERS AND CREATING CHAOS EVERYWHERE !! AS FOR THE JEWS THEY ALWAYS STAYED FAITHFUL TO TURKEY BY STAYING ALONGSIDE TURKEY FOR THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE !! TODAY DEPLORABLE. SITUATION IS CREATED BY ONLY ONE PERSON = ERDOGAN !!

whatever that means. Of all the people, you are an arrogant babbler with lots of learning to do.because your analysis is DISTORTED to say the least.

I think this is a huge mistake. We should never have made the first move. This Erdogan is anti Isreal and anti Jewish. He's not to be trusted...a typical muslim snake in the grass.

ozgur... Nice of you to post this lenghty monolog about the history of Turkey's past glory and love of Jews... You stating, that Israel has pushed away all her friends ? Could you name one ? The fact is that in the world of now, erdogan is the papett of iran.. With all of your country's "friendly" gestures, such as the flotillas and erdogan's intimidations of Israel, it leaves no doubt what is Turkey up to: shooting their own foot... "Israel's shameful ways"? Forgive us for for living, but we rather have shameful ways and defend our country and our nation from friends like you, then give you the pleasure of taking our land, our freedom and our lives....

Look who is calling the kettle black!!!! Turks kill Kurds, kill Armenians and illegally occupy half of Cyprus, forcibly removing the Greek population from what is rightfully theirs. My goodness, how shameful is Turkey... it's no wonder the EU doesn't want you. Never will. Turkey can forget about EU membership.

...if not for your utter HYPOCRISY about "deprevation and isolation" (sic) and "shameful ways and occupation and racism". The widely-RESPECTED Freedom House annual reports for the past THREE years rates Israel as FREE while Turkey is only PARTLY FREE. The latest report says non-Muslim groups are NOT integrated into the Turkish establishment, non-Sunni Muslims LACK legal status, and Christian minorities face HOSTILITY. Minorities (ESPECIALLY the Kurds) face RESTRICTIONS on language, culture and freedom of expression. So when will Turkey stop its ILLEGAL occupation of Northern Cyprus, Ozgur? The Hurriyet Daily reported that Turkey is No. 89 on the Economist Democracy Index while Israel is ranked 37. Turkey SCORES a big fat turkey due to its "tendency for INCREASED CORRUPTION" and that its "press freedoms were DETERIORATING RAPIDLY". (my EMPHASIS) Just in case you are NOT aware, a SMALLER EDI ranking is BETTER. And of course, Turkey is SOOOOO popular that the EU rushes to EMBRACE it into the grouping.... NOT. Just some HARD cold FACTS to expose your unbridled ARROGANCE.

He knows the Mitzvot.

Dear Mr. Erdogan; you got the 50% of vote because your standing against the Israel.remember that and do not give in for U.S. presure, Mr.Netanyahoo may wish lot's of other thing but remember how they treaded your consolate and the people who died in ship Marmara. If you do not you may have to pay dearly.

It is Turkey the isolated country not Israel. Turkey mass killed Armenians, Greeks, befriends terrorists groups such as Hamas! The EU does not want Turkey to be part of the Europeans, the US is in cold war with Turkey because of its actions, and the list goes on. So Turkey does not want befriend Israel it is no big deal or I should say it is a big loss to the Turkes as Israel has a lot to offer in many new medical & tech discoveries - poof!

He will not seals to Gaza because he wants to correct his past mistakes and distance himself from terrorists group like hamas

Turkey's election was fair and free of fraud? Well then, MABROUK!

I think Israel should pay compensations and opologize to the families of the victms expecially to 19 year old was shot 5 times close range few in the head,Israel shares many smae security concerns as Turkey, and been a ally more than 1000 years, this PM or that PM will not change history and should not make the difference how Turks and Jews relied upon eachother for years, it is all fine want this but without fixing the incident there will be no going forward, and l say to my Jewsih brothers here think of Turkish people not Erdogan he willl be gone in 4 years than what?:

If Turks are talking to our enemies than this should be a Plus for Us in Israel, Turks were the first one regonize Israel and supporter of Israel since, if they are talking to our enemies we should take adventage of tht and talk to our enemies ,you make peace with a enemy and as far as Turks thinking goes they say frieds do not let friedns drive drunk, and world wants Turkey as a Bridge east and west bridge with one strong leg do not hold very long will cruble, so what in the world Israel wants from Turkey? did anyone think about that?trust me if Israel wants Turkey in his side than there is a huge reason behind it,Turkish Israel USA allience is more important than of NATO, trust me when l say this, I know it first hand to why, so stop this hate letters and bad mouthing each other,leaders know what they are doing and why, even this have a reason,

I actually have sufficient intellect to understand exactly what Prime Minister Netanyahu is doing. He is thanking the Turkish government for placing sufficient pressure on the IHH to not join the flotilla. Duh.

Why would BIBI wish to suck up to the Islamist Erdogan who pretends to be a secularist (the current formula being followed in Egypt as the forerunner in the election is Muslim Brother hood "unofficial" representative? Why would BIBI wish to further endanger Israel's security by passing on state secrets and Israeli weapons and IDF strategies ( in joint exercises) to Turkey which gets passed on to its strategic partner Iran who co-runs Hezbullah with Syria? Oh, don;t forget Iran backing Hamas as well!

than words...oh well...

Erdogan is the one sucking it up with refugees from Syria. So, woos?More of gesture of mercy from an old friend when you've lost them all in your own words.