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
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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
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Enemies In Geopolitics Only Interests
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