In one of the gatherings with his loyal supporters, which he likes to do much, Erdogan explicitly said: 'We (Turkey) are tasked to be the leaders in the new Greater Middle East Project', the project is also known as the 'Greater Israel Project'. He warned his followers if they miss the chance they will not be able to revive the Ottoman Empire, which everybody else hates.

But the Ottoman Empire included all of what’s now Israel/Palestine so the Israelis couldn’t possibly desire successful Ottoman irredentism.