Erdogan turns a blind eye to the murdered Khashoggi – ANHA | HAWARNEWS
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Turkey on Wednesday, and both sides reaffirmed their determination to “strengthen cooperation” after nine years of disputes that began with the so-called “Arab Spring” and escalated after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul.
The first chapter of the reconciliation was written at the end of April, when Erdogan visited Saudi Arabia, where he discussed with the crown prince the development path between the two countries.
Three weeks before this judiciary, Turkey decided to close the case of opposition journalist Jamaliya Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist who was killed in October 2018 at his country’s consulate in Istanbul, where he approached to obtain documents to decide on marriage with his Turkish fiancée. .
Ankara handed over the density case to Saudi Arabia after previously accusing them of crimes. In fact, the closure of this case opened the way to rapprochement with Riyadh.
Regarding this issue, the leader of the main opposition party, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, said the following: “The authorities simply sold the Khashoggi case in Saudi Arabia for money, like the last beggars.”
Purpose of the visit.
In this regard, political scientist Ali Murad said that the purpose of bin Salman’s visit was the purpose of the Turkish President’s visit to Saudi Arabia a few weeks ago, where President Erdogan’s invitation to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to visit Turkey was immediately announced. There is no doubt that the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia chose this time, as preparations are underway for the so-called Arab-American summit, which will be held in Saudi Arabia and will be attended by US President Joe Biden.
Murad told a public agency that it was important for the Saudi crown prince to appear to be a winner, as outwardly he did not make any concessions to Turkey after Khashoggi’s murder at the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul. In fact, the President of Turkey and her made these concessions for a reason, but because of the Turkish need for Saudi capital, billions and investments, as we check the Turkish economic situation and the depreciation of the Turkish lira against the backdrop of a large offer. There is no doubt that the events in Ukraine have a negative impact on the Turkish economy, and many expect that for this reason, tourists to Turkey will decrease during the significant summer season, since a significant number of those who usually travel to Turkey are Russians and Ukrainians. All this negatively affects the budget of the Turkish government and its imports.
Significant concessions from Erdogan.
Political scientist Ali Murad returned: “Of course, Erdogan, when he visited Saudi Arabia, and Mohammed bin Salman, visiting Turkey, international relations between states, that is, Saudi Arabia is now fighting with the Government of Justice and Development in Turkey compared to the cooling that is unfolding in relations with the Turkish president after the assassination of Khashoggi.”
Murad emphasized that when we say that the Khashoggi case has been transferred by the Turkish judiciary into the hands of the Saudi judiciary, this means that it is, in fact, closed, and Erdogan sold Khashoggi’s blood for the sake of bin Salman’s visit. Last year, we heard about the Turkish-Saudi dialogue, and, of course, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, who had a personal relationship with the issue of normalizing or improving Turkish-Saudi relations, is demanding that Erdogan make serious concessions over the killing of Khashoggi.
Who will benefit from these visits?
Regarding the expected outcome of the meeting between Erdogan and bin Salman, political scientist Ali Murad said that Saudi Arabia in the tour area, whether in Egypt, Jordan or Turkey, will probably come to Biden to let the president understand the following: You are meeting not only with the Jordan of Arabia , but also with the growth of the region (meaning Muhammad bin Salman, who wants to regain his position and play the role of the leader of the region, for which he tries to solve his problems with his neighbors). Mohammed bin Salman has a bad reputation. He wants to improve it, promise that he risks his relations with his neighbors, because when his relations with neighboring countries were strained, this caused the crisis in the Persian Gulf, the crisis with Turkey and the escalation of the war in Yemen. Accordingly, his reputation in the West and for American society is negative, which is why today the hereditary prince wants to change his image.
Murad added that there are motives in Saudi Arabia for distracted drawing Turkey into a confrontational stop with Iran. This is an important issue, in connection with which a predictable loudness was found. Anyone who has watched the Saudi media will find that for several weeks they have been recurring in the issue of Iranian extremist cells that were announced to have been found in Turkey and targeted Israel.
He returned: “We can note the incitement against Iran in the Saudi media and the province to drag Turkey into this confrontation. We heard from representatives of the Iranian Foreign Ministry that there are clear consequences on the part of some countries in the region to destabilize the situation. He means Saudi Arabia and Israel, who are doing everything to drag Turkey into a confrontation with Iran.”
Rejection of old slogans.
Political analyst Ali Murad argues that the Turkish president’s action on Sunday will escalate the confrontation. For example, this is clearly seen in the operational issue, in connection with the events that took place in Jerusalem, as well as in the confrontation in the Gaza Strip. After that, many witnessed how his position changed and began to soften, which intensified the desire to normalize relations with Israel, open and develop relations with it. Accordingly, the Justice and Development Party in Ankara began to do everything to serve Israel and the Zionist lobby in the United States of America.
Murad believes that this is one of the main reasons pushing Erdogan to move closer to Israel. Of course, when we talked about rapprochement with Tel Aviv and improving relations with it, this means that Erdogan is abandoning all the slogans that he used to support the Palestinians and binding cases when he wanted victory in the struggle for Jerusalem and affected the Gaza Strip.
The political scientist added: “Even what happened to Khashoggi is only part of the interests that drive the Turkish president. He has proven to us that he is not much different from the Westerners who trample on all slogans, values, human rights and democracy when it comes to supposed interests. All people lack any principled foundations or principles in external relations when it comes to their interests.
Murad explained that Erdogan today believes his main interest is to ease the pressure about a year before the 2023 presidential election. He unexpectedly triggered the coming crisis, especially after realizing that the Americans were backing his opponents. That’s what Biden said on the campaign trail, and it’s also been confirmed in some leaks since Biden entered the White House.
He will return: “Erdogan fears that the Americans will deliberately curtail the regime of the Justice and Development Party in the upcoming elections. He also does not want to wait for the presidency of Turkey, so the issue of defeat in the elections on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Lausanne Conference in 1923 is particularly acute. This means for him that his group and his constituency have a major advantage, which is why he is trying to increase his relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia in order to ease the pressure on him from the US. He is also trying to please America by playing a mediating role between Russia and Ukraine. Erdogan found identification of escalations in counting countries and deviations from the so-called observations and events to improve the assessment in the election race that occurred in the following year, and also improved the performance of the Turkish economy.”
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ANHA