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The ruling class, and the political class in general, in Greece has been troubled by US President-elect Donald Trump's praise of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, recognizing Turkey's intervention and involvement in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad as a positive development.

It is incorrect, as Trump claimed, that the Ottoman presence in the region lasted 2,000 years. On August 24, 1516, Sultan Selim I won the first decisive battle near Aleppo, in present-day Syria, against Shiite Persian forces. In two years, after conquering Damascus and Jerusalem, he defeated the Mamluk armies in Gaza and Egypt.

The Ottoman Empire ceased to exist a century ago. The last caliph of Islam, Abdulmecid II, was deposed in 1924 and moved to Paris. Trump is well aware of all this. He also understands that the situation he inherits in the Middle East is literally out of control.

The US war against Iraq in 2003 not only led to the fragmentation of the country, but also contributed to the rise of Shiite Iran as the leading Islamic power. The support of the United States and its main allies for the Arab Spring gave rise to Western military interventions in Libya and Syria, with chaotic consequences. Trump, however, does not intend to engage militarily in the Middle East. He is a strong supporter of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump certainly believes that with decisive U.S. support, Israel has dealt significant blows to Hamas' military wing, Hezbollah, and Iran. However, as a politician, he has no intention of letting Netanyahu act without constraints. It is a right that he reserves for himself.

A political counterweight is therefore necessary. The supportive reactions to Palestinians at American universities are troubling, and the same applies on a larger scale in Europe. The largest Arab country by population, Egypt, has neither the capacity nor the inclination to take on this role.

This leaves Turkey, the only Muslim country in NATO with a historical understanding of the region. Erdogan is a staunch critic of Netanyahu. However, unlike Christian Europe, Jews were never persecuted in the Ottoman Empire or Kemalist Turkey, where they found refuge. If there are excesses on Turkey's part, Trump knows how to dialogue with Erdogan. Netanyahu is worried about Turkey's growing power, but since he is totally dependent on the United States, he will adapt. As Lord Palmerston once said: We have no eternal allies, nor perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual. This also seems to fit with Trump's view.

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