The mounting tensions between Saudi Arabia and Turkey are resulting in a boycott of Turkish goods in the entire Middle East and North African countries. The demands for informal sanctions and a complete boycott of Turkish goods have in the recent past spread to North Africa and the Middle East. Multiple Turkish companies claimed that they are having difficulty bringing goods to Saudi Arabia and winning construction contracts there. The country’s nationalist magazine Olusal reported on October 14 that Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia had quadrupled the time it took to clear Turkish goods from customs. The Saudi-led economic ostracization has also affected Turkey’s ally Pakistan, whose relations with the Gulf countries are already witnessing a historic low.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 23, 2020 05:37 UTC