UAE vs Turkey: the regional rivalries pitting MBZ against Erdogan

Source:Financial Times Date:26Oct2020

Turkey’s foreign policy moves may be motivated by national interest, but the nation is stepping on too many toes on the way.  Arab boycotts spreading like wildfire is a harbinger of the retaliation to come:
But just as Sheikh Mohammed has sought to extend the UAE’s reach, so too has Mr Erdogan been actively expanding Turkey’s influence.

“Where you find Emirati activity you often find Turkish activity directly countering it in a way Iran doesn’t,” says Michael Stephens, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a think-tank. “They believe they are up against a Turkey that is very hostile in terms of its nationalism, its power projection and a determination to make sure the UAE doesn’t get its own way.”