yusuf alabarda, security expert with foundation for political, economic and social research. helin sari ertem, associate professor of international relations at istanbul medeniyet university. khalil al-anani, senior fellow at arab center washington, d.c. a warm welcome to all of you. erdogan once called lcc a tyrant. -- lcc a tyrant. what has changed to get them to this point? >> we are introducing another chapter in the middle east history because there is a continuing history and this is something quite positive and turkish foreign policy as well because we only have a small anonymous -- amount of time between now and the general elections. this has empowered foreign affairs and internal affairs. we should have a broader look to the relationship between turkiye boko it -- and egypt in the last few months. we now have egyptian foreign minister in ankara. in a broader perspective this is a continuation of the relationship between turkiye and gulf countries. as well as turkiye getting closer with israel, especially in the last couple of months. this is quite helpful for turkiy