{"id":64519,"date":"2026-04-13T03:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/64519\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T03:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T03:00:13","slug":"after-failing-to-stir-kurds-in-iran-israel-turns-its-anger-on-turkiye-yetkin-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/64519\/","title":{"rendered":"After Failing to Stir Kurds in Iran, Israel Turns Its Anger on T\u00fcrkiye – Yetkin Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is seen inspecting troops in the Syrian occupation zone in November 2025, in military uniform alongside Defense Minister Katz on his right. Israel\u2019s latest moves, aimed at provoking T\u00fcrkiye and the Kurds, stem from the frustration of its failed calculations regarding Iran. (Photo: X\/Katz)<\/p>\n

On the evening of April 11, when it became clear that the first round of talks between the United States and Iran in Pakistan would yield no results, Benjamin Netanyahu took to his X account with a message targeting both T\u00fcrkiye and the Kurds:<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder my leadership, Israel will continue to fight against Iran\u2019s terrorist regime and its proxies, in contrast to Erdo\u011fan, who aids them and even slaughters his Kurdish citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

We understand the first part of the message. Netanyahu was effectively saying, \u201cEven if the United States gives Iran assurances, I will continue the occupation of Lebanon and Palestine.\u201d The message was, in fact, addressed to U.S. President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

His second message to Trump was embedded in the latter half of the sentence: Netanyahu was complaining about Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan to Trump, who tends to treat Erdo\u011fan separately from European NATO allies. He accused Turkish President Erdo\u011fan of aiding Iran and its \u201cproxies,\u201d but why were the Kurds included in this message?<\/p>\n

Provocation Extending to the Opposition<\/p>\n

Apparently believing Netanyahu\u2019s message insufficient, Defense Minister Yisrael Katz posted another message in Turkish at 9:45 p.m., about an hour and a half after the Prime Minister:<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u201cAfter failing to respond to missiles fired from Iran at Turkish territory and revealing himself to be a paper tiger, the President of T\u00fcrkiye resorts to antisemitism and announces sham trials against Israel\u2019s political and military leadership in Turkey. What an absurdity. A member of the Muslim Brotherhood, who massacres Kurds, accuses Israel\u2014defending itself against its partners in Hamas\u2014of genocide. Israel will continue to defend itself with strength and determination.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his X message, Katz also tagged three figures alongside Erdo\u011fan: Kemal K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7daro\u011flu, the former chairman of the main opposition CHP, Ekrem \u0130mamo\u011flu, the imprisoned CHP mayor of \u0130stanbul, and Mansur Yava\u015f, the CHP Mayor of Ankara\u2014in what appeared to be a shallow attempt to say, \u201cIf you oppose Erdo\u011fan, then support me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Netanyahu and Katz received the response they deserved\u2014from the government as well as from the opposition, including those they sought to provoke: no one in T\u00fcrkiye has any lesson to take from Israel, whose hands are still stained with the blood of Gaza.<\/p>\n

Kurds and Missiles<\/p>\n

These messages read almost like an admission of how cornered Netanyahu\u2019s administration has become in the war against Iran\u2014one in which it has also sought to draw in the United States.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Apparently, Israel expected not NATO but T\u00fcrkiye to respond to missiles launched from Iran\u2014an implicit reproach toward NATO and the United States, perhaps due to their solidarity with T\u00fcrkiye.
\u2022 Apparently, Israel hoped that this would draw T\u00fcrkiye into the war against Iran\u2014just as it has sought similar responses from Arab countries in the Gulf.
\u2022 Apparently, Israel is also uneasy about T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s long-standing efforts, through its intelligence service, to prevent Hamas from launching attacks that would trigger further massacres.
\u2022 And apparently, Israel is disturbed by T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s recent Kurdish policy\u2014specifically the search for a political solution<\/a> under the roof of the Turkish Grand National Assembly following the PKK\u2019s potential disarmament, even if not explicitly mentioned.<\/p>\n

With the plan to establish a Kurdish state under PKK control in Syria\u2014one that would keep Iran, Iraq, and T\u00fcrkiye on edge\u2014falling apart\u2026
And with the plan to have the United States use armed Kurdish groups in Iran also collapsing, thanks in part to the Turkish efforts.
It seems clear they have grown increasingly agitated.<\/p>\n

The Importance of a Terror-Free T\u00fcrkiye<\/p>\n

This agitation, born of Israel\u2019s failed calculations, has also failed to achieve its aim.<\/p>\n

It was no surprise that the entire governing bloc\u2014from the Speaker of Parliament, Numan Kurtulmu\u015f, to the ruling AK Party\u2014responded strongly. But the Israeli government\u2019s attempt to provoke the opposition, particularly the CHP, also backfired. CHP leader \u00d6zg\u00fcr \u00d6zel stated: \u201cT\u00fcrkiye stands fully united on the same side against Israel\u2014the side of the innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet this agitation, revealing the collapse of Israel\u2019s calculations, also points to something else: the urgent need to advance the process toward a terror-free T\u00fcrkiye. It also shows how domestic political polarization and government\u2013opposition tensions whet the appetite of T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s adversaries.<\/p>\n

The more T\u00fcrkiye can secure \u201cpeace at home,\u201d the more it can serve as an example of \u201cpeace in the world\u201d in its region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is seen inspecting troops in the Syrian occupation zone in November 2025, in military…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[34,37,17485,876,10177,95],"class_list":{"0":"post-64519","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-iran","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-katz","11":"tag-netanyahu","12":"tag-pkk","13":"tag-syria"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116395168443603577","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}