The well-known Israeli expert Seth Fradjman says in a post that Ankara always sabotages any deal that does not involve itself, and involves Greece-Israel-Cyprus with India.
The Turkish president said Ankara supports a rival plan to connect the Gulf to Turkey via Iraq, called the Development Plan.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday pushed back against plans announced by the leaders of India, Saudi Arabia and the EU to create a trade corridor linking South Asia to Europe that would bypass Turkey.
"We say there is no corridor without Turkey," Erdogan told reporters accompanying him to the G20 summit in India on Sunday.
The Turkish project, called the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, or IMEC, aims to create rail and sea routes that will run through the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel and then reach Greece and Europe.
The Turkish president said he is aware that many countries are trying to expand their sphere of influence by creating trade corridors, but Turkey opposes and supports an alternative project that would pass through Iraq, which aims to connect the Gulf with Turkey and Europe via a railway and highway and ports in the UAE-Qatar and Iraq.
Erdogan stressed: "The United Arab Emirates is ready for this project, and Qatar is also ready. I hope we will have taken the first step in this way."
As the stakes are rising in the SE Mediterranean, opposition to Turkey has become more pronounced, which is why Greece-Cyprus-Israel are seeking to partner with a major power like India, with which they share the same values , strengthening their position in the region.
"India is ready to be part of an Eastern Mediterranean power bloc of Greece, Israel and Cyprus in a 3+1 format. The leaders of Greece, Israel and Cyprus at a joint press conference after the 9th Trilateral Summit in Nicosia announced that they will invite India to be part of the 3+1 format," Indian media reported.
Gas exploration and transportation was also an important part of the agenda in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with the Greek Prime Minister during his first visit to Greece last month.
Strategically critical, gas-rich and fraught with maritime territorial disputes, the Eastern Mediterranean is becoming a hotbed of geopolitical rivalry and India is invading it.
The news that India is poised to become part of a strategic bloc in the Eastern Mediterranean, directly challenging Turkey on its doorstep and is bound to have upset Ankara.
Now, India is invading Turkey's "backyard" and this is in response to Ankara's hostile stance against New Delhi.
