Turkey Has a Secret Masterplan for the Middle East. And It's Working | US Iran War | The Link

Turkey has quietly become one of the most consequential players in Middle East geopolitics. This year's NATO summit in Ankara made this phenomenon impossible to ignore. In this video, we break down Turkey's foreign policy under Recep Tayyip Erdogan, how Turkey's geography, its growing defence industry, and its unusually close relationship with Donald Trump are turning it into a possible regional hegemon — and why that's putting Turkey and Israel on a collision course, with Benjamin Netanyahu watching closely. In this episode of The Link, Firstpost's Shubhangi Sharma explains why Turkey's control of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits has made it strategically vital since the Ottoman Empire, why Trump's fight with NATO allies over Greenland sits alongside his open admiration for Erdogan, and why a potential F-35 fighter jet deal for Turkey, on top of its S-400 air defense system, could end Israel's qualitative military edge in the region. 00:00 - A Unique Gift at the NATO Summit 01:36 - Turkey and Trump: Two of NATO's Biggest Internal Threats 02:09 - The American Disruption: Trump’s NATO Stance 02:48 - Turkey’s History as a Difficult NATO Member 03:48 - The Trump-Erdogan Bromance 04:28 - The F-35 Dilemma and Israel's Concerns 05:30 - Turkey's Strategic Geography: The Gateway Between Continents 07:29 - Reviving the Ottoman Legacy: Turkey's Regional Ambitions 08:08 - The Power Shift in Syria and Mediterranean Disputes 09:25 - How the F-35 Could Flip the Regional Balance 10:24 - Repairing Ties: The Thaw with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf 11:23 - The Rise of Turkey’s Domestic Defense Industry 12:53 - Cracks in the Matrix --- Turkey vs Israel | NATO | Donald Trump | Israel | Turkiye | Trump news | Erdogan | F-35 Fighter Jet | Netanyahu | Middle East | Strait of Bosphorus | Dardanelles | Geopolitics | US Iran War | Iran War News | Saudi Arabia | Turkey vs Greece | The Link | Firstpost | Shubhangi Sharma #Turkey #Israel #trump #middleeast #USiranwar #donaldtrump #Trumpnews #Thelink #firstpost Firstpost is an Indian news and media website. Get all the incisive opinions, in-depth analyses and other visual stories that matter to you and the world right here on this channel. Subscribe to Firstpost channel and press the bell icon to get notified when we go live.    / @firstpost   Follow Firstpost on Website: https://www.firstpost.com Follow Firstpost on Instagram:   / firstpost   Follow Firstpost on Facebook:   / firstpostin   Follow Firstpost on X:   / firstpost   Follow Firstpost on WhatsApp: https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029...