“Friends of hard times”: this is how the Turkish President, Tayyp Recep Erdogan, and the Emir of Qatar, the unscrupulous 40-year-old Tamin bin Hamad al-Thani, define themselves. The liaison between Turkey and Qatar has two very precise dates of reference: December 2010 and June 2017. It was in that context that the special liaison between Erdogan and al-Thani developed and strengthened. It was the day on which Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt broke diplomatic relations with Qatar. From Libya to Armenia, from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea, the Turkish leader keeps on trying to play a leading role, with the support of his friends in Doha.

Source: Libya Today November 19, 2020 06:01 UTC