Turkey this week took fresh steps towards mending relations with Egypt and Syria. Ankara’s ties with both countries have been characterized by mutual hostility since the 2011 “Arab Spring” and its tumultuous aftermath.
“We may reevaluate relations with the countries we have problems with,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters while attending a G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, earlier this month.
“We can reset relations with them after [the] June elections,” he added, referring to upcoming presidential polls to be held next summer in Turkey.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gives a statement after a cabinet meeting in Ankara on May 17, 2021. (Murat Cetinmuhurdar/PPO/Handout via Reuters)
Handshake in Doha
On Nov. 20, Erdogan met his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Football World Cup in Doha, Qatar….