As the United States and Iran negotiate and uncertainty grows over whether any understandings will hold, Turkish commentators aligned with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are warning of a stronger Israel but also claiming it has suffered an irreversible blow. The article says that in Turkish media, anti-Israel rhetoric has intensified, with some of it openly antisemitic.
Two broadcasts this week were highlighted. On TVNET, political analyst Ihsan Aktas argued that the war in Gaza shattered the idea of total U.S.-Israeli power. He said, “The U.S. is not so self-confident,” and claimed social media now prevents Israel from hiding its actions the way it once could. Aktas also said Israeli attacks on Iran proved its limits, predicted that Benjamin Netanyahu may not survive politically, and added that “Israel will no longer be able to wake up and start a war against any country it wants.”
Aktas also repeated conspiracy claims about U.S. history, saying John F. Kennedy was killed because he opposed Israel and its nuclear buildup. He said the Gaza war has made Jews around the world less safe and that “humanity as a whole has begun to despise them” because of alleged crimes in Gaza.
In a second program on Yeni Şafak’s official YouTube channel, host Ersin Celik and strategist Ibrahim Ufuk Kaynak described the Abraham Accords as a U.S.-Israeli scheme to sideline Turkey from trade routes. Kaynak attacked India, Israel, South Cyprus and Greece as an anti-Turkey regional bloc, dismissed India’s political wisdom, compared Indian caste society with Israel, and said Zionists want Christian communities to worship them. He forecast major global upheavals between 2030 and 2035 and said Turkey will emerge as a global superpower, with AI used for humanity’s benefit. He concluded that there will be nowhere in the world Turkey cannot reach.
