Why was Turkey the first Islamic country to recognize the state of Israel?

[Farhan Malik]

Was there any pressure on the Turkish government of the time by the Americans and British to endorse Israel or did they do it by choice?

 

[T-123456]

Was there any pressure on the Turkish government of the time by the Americans and British to endorse Israel or did they do it by choice?

By choice and Turkiye is not an Islamic country,my country is a Muslim majority country.

 

[313ghazi]

By choice and Turkiye is not an Islamic country,my country is a Muslim majority country.

Exactly. Turkey was and is a secular country, full of Muslims.

 

[T-123456]

Exactly. Turkey was and is a secular country, full of Muslims.

Your country also officially started as a Republic,the ''Islamic'' part came later.

 

[NoOne'sBoy]

By choice and Turkiye is not an Islamic country,my country is a Muslim majority country.

fam be real wit me. do you agree with that tho?

 

[T-123456]

fam be real wit me. do you agree with that tho?

With what exactly?
The fact that my country is a secular democracy or the recognition of Israel?

 

[NoOne'sBoy]

With what exactly?
The fact that my country is a secular democracy or the recognition of Israel?

both

 

[-SINAN-]

Why was Turkey the first Islamic country

My country is a secular country not Islamic.

 

[T-123456]

both

I agree on both.

 

[-SINAN-]

Was there any pressure on the Turkish government of the time by the Americans and British to endorse Israel or did they do it by choice?

Most possibly by choice, i don't know the details but it must have been within our country's interests.

 

[313ghazi]

Your country also officially started as a Republic,the ''Islamic'' part came later.

Yeah i know.

 

[Juggernaut_Flat_Plane_V8]

I think trade and commerce interests were very high and lucrative between Anatolia and Canaan since the time of the Hittites....Turkey and Israel just followed that same flow

 

[T-123456]

Ask mr. Kemal Atatürk or should i say mr. Urian stylianos he was not even a turk he was a spy sent by europeans to destroy islam on turkish soil may his soul burn I'm hell you ask why?! it is a so called in arabic a "ihana" humaliation for the arabs just because of ww1

Yes he did,only 98% Muslims left in my country,a great achievement.
You dumb idiot,reported for insulting the father of my nation.

 

[JKangoroo]

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk* born in 19th May 1881 in salonica Grecce as Urian Stylianos Geras* his grandfather wanted him as Garibaldi but the parents didnt want this name he and his family lived under the ottoman occupation of grecce he denied his real name Urian Stylianos Geras as it was forbbiden to name the children in chrstian names under the so called ottoman sharia law his parents also denied their real names

 

[JKangoroo]

Yes he did,only 98% Muslims left in my country,a great achievement.
You dumb idiot,reported for insulting the father of my nation.

He was not even a turk but a spy for westerners to destroy the faith of turksnon turkish soil! and what for achievements when i ask ?