Mending fences: The new normal in Turkish diplomacy

Source:The New Arab Date:12Apr2022

Turkey is taking major steps to mend fences with a host of countries that have had tense relations with Ankara in recent years. These include Armenia, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

“What I observe is a selective, and gradual de-securitisation of [Turkey’s] previous foreign policy disagreements with a number of regional states,” Nesibe Hicret Battaloglu, a Research Assistant at the Gulf Studies Center, Qatar University, told TNA.