Quest for Flexible Alliance in Eastern Mediterranean: Greece, Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus and Israel Case

Year 2025, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 149 - 170, 29.12.2025

Mehmet Erkan Kıllıoğlu

Abstract

The different visions in Turkey’s and Israel’s foreign policy became evident during the Hamas-Israel conflict in Gaza in 2009 and reached its peak with the attack on the Mavi Marmara vessel. Realizing the deterioration in bilateral relations, Israeli policy makers, without waiting for the relations to be completely severed, in 2009, in order to contain Turkey, decided to improve Israel’s relations with Greece and the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus and to establish a flexible alliance with them. Flexible alliance’s, aim was to contain Türkiye and to controll the energy resources discovered in the region.

Keywords

Eastern Mediterranean , Israel , Exclusive Economic Zone , Energy Resources , Türkiye

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Doğu Akdeniz’de Esnek İttifak Arayışları: Yunanistan, Güney Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi ve İsrail Örneği

Abstract

Türkiye ile İsrail arasındaki dış politikadaki vizyon farklılaşması 2009 yılında Gazze’de yaşanan Hamas-İsrail çatışması sırasında belirginleşmiş, Mavi Marmara gemisine yapılan saldırı ile zirve noktasına çıkmıştır. İki ülke arasındaki ilişkiler kopma noktasına gelmiştir. İkili ilişkilerdeki kötüye gidişi fark eden İsrailli politika yapıcıları ilişkilerin tamamen kopmasını beklemeden, 2009 yılında Türkiye’yi çevrelemek için ikili ilişkilerinin kriz döngüsü içinde seyrettiği Yunanistan ve Güney Kıbrıs Rum Kesimi ile ilişkilerini geliştirme ve bu ülkelerin de katılımı ile esnek bir ittifak kurma yoluna gitmiştir. Esnek ittifak, Türkiye ve ondan algılanan tehdidin sınırlandırılması ve Doğu Akdeniz bölgesinde keşfedilen ve ekonomik değeri de olan enerji kaynaklarının kontrolü öncelikli olmuştur.

Keywords

Doğu Akdeniz , İsrail , Türkiye , Münhasır Ekonomik Bölge , Enerji Kaynakları

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