Turkey and Israel are at loggerheads again, and this should come as no surprise. Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon’s staged rebuke of the Turkish ambassador in Tel Aviv will go down as yet another milestone in the ongoing tension between Turkey and Israel.

ANKARA -- Nowadays, the international media are obsessed with the question of who “lost” Turkey and what that supposed loss means for Europe and the West.

These are days when one reads about the “The Turkish Temptation” or numerous opinion pieces which warn their readers about Turkey’s ostensible reorientation away from the West.

Cyprus is back on the international agenda, with leaders of the island's rival Greek and Turkish communities engaged in intense negotiations to resolve the divided country's status. But, although new talks are under way, the international community is, not surprisingly, tired of dealing with the issue.