The President of Turkey was not shy about calling the firing of rubber bullets and flash grenades at Palestinians who gathered at the Al Aqsa Mosque earlier this month “state terrorism”. Since then, the Islamo-nationalist ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been among the Islamic leaders who have most bitterly lashed out at Israel for the crisis unleashed in Gaza.. For the Turkish leader it is not just a matter of solidarity: popularity sees him