Yes they do, but their support was very discrete, covert and minimal. When erdogan went out all against Isreal their support become open and massive. Meanwhile Erdogan is all out against Isreal, but all he can do is bark.
Dumb politics. England they say don't chat shit if you don't have the means to back it up.
Thats not the way I see it sorry.
1- I think Israeli/Zionist lobby is responsible for all the sinister plans of the US against Turkey. Because under normal circumstances there is literally no reason for the US to not be the greatest ally of Turkey. Two countries should have been literally the natural allies against Russia and even China(Turkey had ethno-cultural extensions to Central Asia and East Turkestan). Instead, we see a US that desires to divide Turkey. We see a US that rather relies on the Gulenist tariqah than Turkey when extending to C.Asia and Africa.
2- When we got banned from the F-35 programme I knew it had nothing to do with S400s. I guess the recent announciation of the US embassy in India(that India wont be banned despite them also buying the same system) confirmed this. Our retired soldier Mesut Hakki Casin and retired grand ambassador Uluc Ozulker also explained why the US concerns about S400 reading F35 is nonsense in multiple programmes too and I think we learnt the real reason why we were banned when Israel also got UAE banned despite having improving relationships with them. That how paranoid they are.
Uluc Ozulker also said it is understood that Israeli lobby was behind Turkeys ban from the programme.
and I know for a fact that it was again Israel that prevented the sales of patriots.
Why do they keep us away from air defense systems and next gen fighter jets?
Because they want to keep the air superiority in Middle East. They dont want a competitor.
If you review Turkey-the US relationship history. You see the relations start going downhill after 1974. Israel became increasingly paranoid after Turkey got them under their range.
3- Now there is also Syrian civil war and YPG. Israel wants Iraq and Syria to be in ashes and seperated by a PKK YPG state. Same for Turkey and Iran.
ISIS was brought from Iraq, sunni opposition of Assad in Syria was weaponised(we contributed to this), Assad himself was Saddamized in media, the US white helmets planted the evidences that Assad made chemical attacks on his people, the country was pulled into a civil war.
Turkey for some reason decided to clean its borders from mines and allow 5 million Arabs living on the so called Kurdish corridor to migrate to herself, the bid for the mine removal was given to an Israeli firm and as a result the so called Kurdish corridor became demographically fit for a YPG state.
(Erdogan was pro-US at this time)
Israel made many operations to Syria.
PKK/YPG enjoy suprisingly(!) well relations and the son of the president of Israel cries free Kurdistan when his own states capital city is on fire.
Again some conspiracy believing folks even suggest Israel is the one that demands our lands as they are the land of Kenan, the promised lands. So they use Kurds to first seperate that and then they will get it.
There is also this view that avengelists in the US support Israel because they are religious mindfucked zealots that think Jesus will only come after Israel has total control on the land of Kenan.
Anyway, long story short Israel is the reason Turkey is in bad relationships with the west, Israel is the reason we have PKK problem.
So I say, if we are going to sit onto table with them and lay our cards open, lets show them that we see their game and we also support Hamas and free Palestine.
