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Turkey’s Detention of Retired Admirals is Attempt to Distract Public, Analysts Say Kristina Jovanovski 04/07/2021
The country is facing a severe economic crisis while experiencing one of the highest COVID-19 case counts in the world
Turkey’s detention of former military admirals who raised concerns about the country possibly withdrawing from a maritime convention is an attempt by President Recep Tayyp Erdogan to distract the public from the country’s domestic problems, analysts told The Media Line.
In an open letter, the admirals wrote that a 1936 agreement that granted Turkey authority over the Bosporus strait while limiting access to warships played a significant role in the country’s security.
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Ankara, Turkey – Two years ago, relations between Turkey and Saudi Arabia stood at one of the lowest points in the history of the two regional powers following the murder in Istanbul of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
His killing in October 2018 at the hands of Saudi agents in the kingdom’s consulate led to unprecedented Turkish denouncements of the Saudi government, highlighting what it said was the role of those close to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country’s de facto ruler, in the assassination plot.
Today, however, ties between Ankara and Riyadh appear on the verge of a return to cordiality, thanks in part to the detente between Turkey’s ally Qatar and the four-nation Saudi-led bloc that imposed an embargo on Doha in 2017.