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The Gulf Countries and Turkey


How Turkey has become a major player in Gulf regional security

Between 2011 and 2016, GCC nations became more interested in developing defence and military relations with Ankara. The Turkey-GCC defence ...

Turkey's Relations with the Gulf Countries: Trends and Drivers

This article will examine the different phases of Turkey's relations with the Gulf countries. The first part will review the growing orientation of Turkey ...

Turkey and Gulf states negotiate free trade agreement - Atalayar

Official data indicate that the volume of trade between the Gulf countries and Turkey exceeded 26 billion dollars last year. The United Arab ...

GCC countries to begin free trade pact negotiations with Turkey

The GCC-Turkey FTA talks, if successful, would create one of the world's largest free trade areas worth $2.4tn.

Turkey-GCC Relations in a Transforming Middle East - ISPI

The gradual rapprochement between Ankara and the Gulf rulers was fostered by crucial changes both in the Middle East geopolitical context and in Turkish policy ...

Turkey and the Gulf States: A New Era of Détente

The new Turkey-Gulf détente reflects a mutual need to compartmentalize economic relations from geopolitical tensions. Following the Arab ...

GCC-Turkish Relations in a New Era - Gulf International Forum

Over the last two years, and for reasons related to location and energy exports, both Turkey and the GCC states have gained influence in global ...

Erdoğan visits the Gulf States: closer cooperation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates between 17–19 July.

Turkey's security role in the Gulf region: exploring the case of a ...

It addresses why Turkish decision-makers want Turkey to play an elevated security role in the Gulf. It offers a holistic yet detailed outlook of Turkey's ...

The Gulf Countries and Turkey: (Re-)Drawing the Map of Alliances ...

Success in the détente between Turkey and the United Arab Emirates could lead to a certain cooling of relations between Israel and the UAE.

The Rise of the GCC States and Turkey

In this way,. Turkey's relations have developed with Qatar and Saudi Arabia in particular, where it signed strategic partnership agreements in 2014 and. 2016 ...

Useful enemies: How the Turkey-UAE rivalry is remaking the Middle ...

It is not in the interests of the EU or its member states for the conflict to escalate across the Middle. East and in their backyard. Europeans may not be able ...

Turkey and the Gulf States in the Horn of Africa - Rift Valley Institute

While the Horn of Africa is not the top foreign policy priority for the Gulf states or Turkey, its geographical proximity—part of the Gulf's 'near abroad'—means ...

Middle East - Wikipedia

Most Middle Eastern countries (13 out of 18) are part of the Arab world. The most populous countries in the region are Egypt, Turkey, and Iran, while Saudi ...

Turkey's Economic Relations with Gulf States in the Shadow of the ...

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) emerged as two of Turkey's most important economic partners, and Turkey benefited from high ...

How is the Turkey-Gulf normalization going? | Column - Daily Sabah

Turkey has been enjoying good relations with three Gulf states – Qatar, Oman and Kuwait – for decades. However, Turkey's relations with the ...

Republic of Turkey

The Framework Agreement on Economic Cooperation between the GCC States and Turkey was signed in the Kingdom of Bahrain on 30 May 2005.

Turkey: Between the EU and GCC - Gulf State Analytics

Turkey's position at the crossroads between Europe and the Middle East has provided the country with several geopolitical opportunities and ...

Turkish President Erdogan visits Gulf Arab states, seeking funds for ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has begun a three-stop tour of Persian Gulf states to raise trade and investment for Turkey's ...

Turkey and the Gulf Dialogue in the Middle East

A new mechanism in Turkey's foreign policy toolkit to coordinate relations with neighbouring countries, the HLSCCs are structured around periodic ...