- Turkey has given up promoting political Islam abroad.
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan is mending fences with his Arab neighbours.
- Turkey has dropped any investigation into the Khashoggi murder and ordered news outlets not to criticise the Sisi regime.
- Turkey needs Gulf money to support the lira and has inked new trade deals with the UAE.
- Turkey hopes to weaken Israel’s and Egypt’s support for Greece in the east Mediterranean and position itself as a transit route for natural-gas exports.
- A deal with Assad would force Turkey to sever its links with the armed opposition.
Turkey has given up promoting political Islam abroad
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is mending fences with his Arab neighbours | Special report
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