●Rejep tiap urdiwan--president of turkey●Turkey itself spans regions and continents..is it mostly euro or middle east?○Most put it in the middle east but inc people are putting it in europe bc■it is the bridge between the two regions and■turkey pays a roll in both and■the president plays a role in immigration in europe and possibly turkeybecoming a european member but also■In a lot of middle eastern affairs--a conflict happening in syria●Urdiwan turkeys is warming ties with russia--they are starting it pivot towards the east abit more than they have. And with israel.○In the past he’s been very confrontation w them over palestine issue and was adefender of their rights.○He’s quite adamant about standing up to president of syria calling for him to beoverthrown○Turkey is working w US september 2016 in active military operations inside ofsyria against isis●Middle east and africa: people urdiwan likes○Outlier (bc of all cultural religious and confrontational issues) : israel■The leader is prime minister benjamin netanyahu■He is a right wing conservative-- a hawkish politician. He does not mindconfrontation and relies on military and being more active to solveproblems■Huge US ally as well. US is a big supporter of them but israel has notbeen popular in its own neighborhood●Fights a lot of wars with its neighbors■The leaders of these two states actually didn't like each other at the timeofthe video but the country are historic allies and will weather throughconflicts■Why dont like each other?●bc obama admin has been bringing up details about israelrecognizing palestine as its own state●Benjamin has worked against that so●Also the obama admin has signed a nuclear agreement deal withiran--warming relations w them who was a historic enemy of usand current enemy of israel●In september 2016 the US today released a press statement saying they will pledge 38
