What’s Behind Saudi Arabia’s ‘Turkish Boycott’?

Why Is Saudi Arabia So Obsessed With

Turkey, Recently Saudi Arabia's Chamber

Of Commerce Called Upon Its Citizens To

Boycott All Things Turkish

Everything From Coffee To TV, Dramas To

Vacations Relations Between Saudi Arabia

And Turkey Has Been Streamed Since The

The Brutal Murder Of Journalist Jamal

Khashoggi By A Saudi Hit Squad In

Istanbul In 2018. The Two Countries Have

Also Found Themselves On The Opposite

Sides From Many, Conflicts The Saudis And

Their Gulf Allies Have Propped Up A

Libyan Warlord, An Egyptian Dictator And

A Syrian War Criminal While Turkey Has

Supported Their Opponents And Turkey Has

Also, Come To The Aid Of Tiny Qatar Which

Saudi Arabia Has Bullied And Blockaded

For More Than Three Years

These Are Turkish Troops Arriving In

Qatar

They Are Part Of A Long-standing

The Military Agreement Between The Two

Countries Whose Deployment Was

Expedited At A Time Qatar Is Facing A

Blockade By Three Of Its GCC, Neighbors

Turkish Companies Have Stepped Up

Support For Khazar Since President Recap,

Tayyip \Came Out And Backed The

And Now The Region's Worst-kept Secret

Is Spilling Out Into The Open Of The UAE,

And Bahrain Has Abandoned The

Palestinians To Cozy Up To Israel

Something That Couldn't Have Happened

Without Saudi Blessing

It's Clear That Riyadh Wants To Keep The

Status Quo In The Region By Supporting

The Worst Regime And It Isn't Enjoyable That

Turkey Isn't Playing Along With

But Is There More Behind Saudi Arabia's

Contempt For Turkey

Maybe Despite Having Trillions Of Oil

The Money The Saudis Have Been Unable To Win

The Hearts And Minds Of People In The Way

Turkey Has

The Best Series Ever Made

It's A Nice Clean

Fun Entertainment Justice Chivalry

And Honor, I've Never Been So Captivated

And Consumed Saudi Arabia Felt So

Threatened By Turkish Dramas, They Had To

Ban Them, But It's Not Just In The Soft

Power Realm Where The Two Countries Have

Clashed

Being The Custodian Of Islam's Two

Holiest Sites of Mecca And Medina, in Saudi

Arabia Has An Obligation To Represent

The Interests Of The Muslim World In

2019 Here's What They Did To Pakistan

Because They Were Attending A Summer Of

Muslim Leaders In Kuala Lumpur

Unfortunately, Our Friends Who

Are Very Close To Pakistan As Well

Felt That Somehow The Conference Was

Was Going To Divide The USA,

And It Was Clearly A Misconception

Because That Was Not The Purpose Of The

Conference So Saudi Arabia Basically

Forced Pakistan To Withdraw From The

Summit Because They Believed It Would

Undermine Their Self-styled Guardianship

Of Islam

But To Be Honest Lately Saudi Arabia's

Obsession Turned Comical Last Year

The Governor Of Riyadh Refused To Drink

Coffee After Finding Out It's Turkish

Saudi Authorities Have Also Taken Up A

New Hobby Revisionist History

They Revised Their Textbooks Changing

References Of The Ottoman Empire To

Ottoman Occupation

Also, Popular History In Riyadh Which

Was Called Ottoman Sultan Suleiman The

The Magnificent Street Has Also Been Removed

Saudi Media Outlets Constantly Call On

Arab Tourists To Stop Visiting Turkey

Citing Fictional Or Exaggerated Reports

Of Crime

And Let's Not Forget All The Historic

Ottoman Sites And Buildings In Mecca

That Saudi Authorities Have Demolished

To Build Hotels And Shopping Malls The

The Rivalry Between Turkey And Saudi Arabia

It Is Nothing New, But It's Taken A New

The Direction The Saudis Have Shown They

I Don't Care About The Palestinian Cause

Or About Muslim Solidarity, Two Things

Turkey Does Care About

So Why Is Saudi Arabia, Obsessed With

Turkey

Maybe They're Just Jealous of You,

The Saudi Crown Prince Is Trying To

Reinforce His Goodwill And Redeem His Image

He's Trying To Mend Ties With Riyadh

Neighbors That Had Grown Apart

In Recent Years, Three Of Them In

Particular Egypt Jordan And Turkey All

Three Have Outstanding Issues With

Riyadh MBS, Is Trying To Settle Them

In The Last Three Days, He Has Visited

All Three Countries Tried To

Woo Their Leaders Bridge The Gaps As I

Speak He's In Turkey Holding Talks With

President,

Our Next Report Tells You More About It

He Is The De Facto Ruler Of Saudi Arabia

An Elusive And Impulsive Crown Prince

Known For His Grandiose Reform Plans

In The Last Four Years, Mohammed Bin

Salman's Ambitions Had Put Him At Odds

With West Asia

They Had Damaged The Kingdom Stars With

Its Neighbors

Jordan Blamed The Crown Prince For A

Failed Coup Plot In Amman

A Dispute Over Territorial Waters

Created Fissures Between Egypt And Saudi

Arabia And The Killing Of Journalist Jamal

Khashoggi Strains Riyadh's Ties With

Ankara

Four Years On MBS, Is Trying To Let

Bygones Are Bygones He Has Embarked On A

Three-country Tour

A Tour Aimed At Restoring Saudis

Regional Supremacy

The Timing Is Crucial This Tour Comes

Right Before Joe Biden's Visit To Riyadh

So What MBS, Is Essentially Trying To Do

Is Demonstrate To Biden That He's Far

From Isolated Saudi Arabia

Remains A Key Player In The Region

The Tour Started With Egypt, The Land Of

Pyramid MBS, Went There On Monday And Met

Egyptian President Elvis, Signed 14

Pacts What Seven Billion Us Donors And

Discussed Solutions To The Prevailing

Territorial Tensions

The Next Stop Was Jordan The Custodian

Of The Al-Aqsa Mosque

In 2020 Saudi Arabia's Growing Closeness

Israel Had Unnerved Jordan About Its

Hold On To The Mosque

A Man Feared The Normalization Of Ties

Could Alter The Status Quo Then In 2021 Reports Emerged That

Georgia's Prince Hamza Had Sought Help

From Riyadh, In Toppling His Brother Both Issues Led To Turbulence In

Bilateral Ties

On Tuesday, MBS, Tried To Settle The

Differences By Offering Economic

Assistance To Amman And Three A Billion

Dollars In Investment Projects

On The Last Leg Of His Tour, The Crown 

Prince Has Landed In Turkey The First

Visit Since The Murder Of Jamal

Khashoggi In 2018.

Turkey

The Killing Led To A Bitter Rift in The

The Crown Prince Will Try To Heal It On This

Visit

And This Is The Broader Theme Of His

Tour Bridging Divides

The Saudi Crown Prince Wants To Redeem

The Image He Wants To Man Ties With

Turkey And Bury The Khashoggi Story

What Is In It For Edward

Money

Turkey's Economy Is In Shambles, They Need Financial Support That's A Priority

Election Campaign Presidential Polls In

Turkey Will Be Held In June 2023 So Both

Leaders Have Buried The Hatchet, It's

True What They Say

There Are No Permanent Friends Or

Enemies In Geopolitics Only Interests

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