Turkey-Qatar ties

EghtesadOnline: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he backed Qatar's response to a list of demands issued by Arab states boycotting the Persian Gulf emirate, and said calls for a Turkish military base there to close were disrespectful.

EghtesadOnline: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lined up behind Qatar in its feud with Saudi Arabia and regional allies, offering to mediate a resolution of a crisis that has thrown one of the world’s most strategically important regions into turmoil.