“Ankara–Tel Aviv” Orient Express: Course Set for Rapprochement?

... Moscow. Among the largest new gas fields are Tamar (discovered in 2009) and Leviathan (discovered in 2010). Later, taking into account the impossibility of finding a consensus in the Turkey–Israel dialogue, Tel Aviv was prepared to sell its gas to Egypt, which also had political disagreements with Ankara. The rapprochement between Cairo and Tel Aviv was as disadvantageous for Ankara as Iran’s growing influence in the region. Thus, Turkey was forced to soften its stance in order to prevent ...