Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is no deep-rooted historical relations between compared to other Gulf countries. The UAE declared its independence in 1971 after Britain announced that it would withdraw from the Persian Gulf. Turkey, UAE embassy opening in 1979, the UAE's ambassador to Turkey was opened in 1983. Middle East conditions at that time, especially the Iran-Iraq War and the insecurity that emerged in the Gulf region were also worrisome for the UAE. In this environment, the Emir of the UAE President Sheikh Zayed bin Abdullah al-Nahide that, in Turkey in 1984 at the invitation of President Kenan Evren visited the period. UAE's priority demands voiced in these visits, it has emerged as improve military relations between the two countries and to take advantage of Turkey's military capacity. In terms of Turkey, to withdraw the country's capital in the Gulf region and it aimed to improve bilateral trade relations. One of the steps taken in this direction was the establishment of a mixed economy commission to improve economic relations between the two countries. In 1985, Kenan Evren paid a return visit to the UAE. During this visit, the issues previously discussed were discussed, and Turkish military authorities held talks on the equipment demanded by the UAE. During the visit, Kenan Evren was presented with the "Unity" medal, which is the biggest medal of the UAE. Beginning in the 2000s in Turkey-UAE economic relations have developed rapidly. In addition, the UAE, some equipment for the army, showing intense interest in the Turkish defense industry products has received from Turkey.
In 2011, Turkey is developing rapidly with a period of economic and defense ties between the UAE, the Arab Spring and begin to take place on different sides of the facade, the most significant increase has caused tension between the two countries. take place alongside the Arab peoples in Turkey's Arab Spring events and supporting them on their demands, which irritated some other countries governed by a monarchy, especially Saudi Arabia and the UAE. In this context, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Tunisia, Sudan and Syria have been the geography where Turkey and the UAE faced directly.
It is seen that the UAE has generally followed destructive policies towards these countries from the beginning of the process. In fact, the UAE, realizing its soft and hard power by supporting the coup in Egypt in 2013, saw the election of Muslim Brotherhood member Mohammed Morsi as president after the Arab Spring process in Egypt as a great danger for itself. Therefore, he supported General Abdulfettah al-Sisi, the Minister of Defense of Egypt at the time, in order to carry out a military coup in Egypt and ensured that he had a coup against Morsi. In this process, many countries, especially the UAE and Saudi Arabia, supported the coup, and especially the UAE has become an important actor in the country by providing all kinds of intelligence and financial assistance to the Egyptian coup plotters. However, Turkey has to recognize the legitimacy of Sisian Taking made against this coup.
The UAE, on the other hand, shows that it wants to be the new dominant power in the region by following policies aimed at taking the place of Saudi Arabia and Egypt after the Egyptian coup.
UAE, which does not want to take place as an active and powerful actor in the Middle East and partially North Africa after its success in Egypt; Yemen, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, in countries such as Syria, adopting direct interventionist policies began to emerge against Turkey from here. For example, to support the Hafter with the policies in Libya and Turkey against taking direct, it has become a show of force for the UAE. The UAE, which sees the Libyan National Consensus Government, which is recognized by the United Nations (UN) in Libya, with the support of the Muslim Brotherhood, is trying to strengthen its influence in the region by supporting Haftar. For this reason, as in other countries, it openly supports the putschist Haftar against the legitimate government of al-Sarraj based in Tripoli in Libya. By providing all kinds of military and economic assistance to Haftar, who controls the east of Libya, the UAE is trying to divide the country and the fall of the legitimate government, and also wants to export Libyan oil with the agreements it signed with Haftar and take control in this area. All this as well as the UAE's equation over Libya and Egypt do not want to put pressure exerted on this country, both in the eastern Mediterranean Egypt are forced to take positions against Turkey in Libya. However, Egypt, Turkey, Libya's maritime jurisdiction areas of the delimitation agreement signed with Greece and according to the agreement with the Greek Cypriot Administration Although the influence of more benefit to the UAE stands out against the agreement. Although there is no limit to the UAE forming a front against Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean through Egypt's influence in the region it is understood that Turkey's try to break it.
On the other hand, the UAE reopened its embassy, which it closed with the Arab Spring process, in 2018 by changing its policy in Syria. Syria via Turkey who want to continue the policy against UAE, Turkey opposed the terrorist organizations operating in the target area, in organizations such as the Arab League has condemned Turkey. confrontational policy with Turkey in Somalia, Sudan and who want to maintain the UAE, knocks and separatist forces in this country gives financial and military support of any kind. Somalia's al-Sababa organizations that support the UAE against Turkey and Turkish entrepreneurs in Somalia are known to have a finger in the bombing attack Turkish military base.
The most important crossroads in relations with Turkey, UAE, in 2016, the UAE has been a blow to want to perform Feton provide support through financial and media. Although the coup attempt failed, UAE-backed media outlets Sky News Arabic and Al Arabiya reported that the coup was successful.
Turkey already stays away from Saudi Arabia to take direct target of policy in the UAE will continue to monitor the line, the Saudi Arabia-related policies to be sustainable in terms of Turkey is too.
In fact, here is the question to be asked: why is followed by the UAE political tensions in relations with Turkey? The answer to this problem gives us important clues to understanding the Turkey-UAE relations. It seems that the struggle with the Muslim Brotherhood is an important factor in UAE foreign policy. The UAE, which considers the Muslim Brotherhood organization as a terrorist organization, is working intensively to ensure such an understanding in other Middle Eastern countries. In this context, the Muslim Brotherhood to power in Turkey is understood he saw as sympathizers and supporters. Therefore, all areas will be able to fight anti-Turkey policies are followed. On the other hand, the cutting of diplomatic relations and the blockade initiated with Saudi Arabia against Qatar in 2017 is one of the clearest indicators of the UAE's desire to become a regional power. In addition to Turkey, Qatar to take place in this process and to take action against the embargo, UAE and supporters were angered other countries. So much so that in the coming period, the UAE, Turkey is a country that should be regarded as more dangerous than Iran and fight. UAE Foreign presence of the Minister of the historical accusations against Turkey and Medina's lawyer Fahrettin Pasha theft and Arab peoples in the treason accusations, President Erdoğan to express that like its predecessors, is critical to show the point where the relationship between the two countries. UAE's harsh and confrontational policies towards Turkey -h below the tracking how much support the perception that Turkey's Muslim Brotherhood-though in fact lies the desire to increase its influence in the Middle East. Here, the policy of stealing a role from Saudi Arabia is also seen. Considering the political history of the Middle East, Turkey, Iran, it is considered by experts to be the most important dominant powers Egypt and Saudi Arabia. The UAE, on the other hand, shows that it wants to be the new dominant power in the region by following the policies to replace Saudi Arabia and Egypt after the Egyptian coup. In this direction, UAE, which draws a more secular and inter-religious dialogue against the West than Saudi Arabia, is trying to be an important actor in the weak countries in the Middle East with the help of its financial power in international relations.
UAE, Saudi Arabia, in addition to the front against Turkey is also holding more point to another significant threat. Turkey already stays away from Saudi Arabia to take direct target of policy in the UAE will continue to monitor the line, the Saudi Arabia-related policies to be sustainable in terms of Turkey is too. In particular, President Erdogan against the articles appearing in the media, the Turkish Prohibition of films and series, Libya, Eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, Turkey monitoring against the policies in Palestine and Syria, in Saudi Arabia, the UAE axes are the clearest indication that act against Turkey. trying to be there as a powerful state in the Middle East, UAE, Turkey also uses contrast effectively for it. For this purpose, it aims to be an effective power on oil routes such as Basra and Aden Gulf. In addition, it tries to strengthen its sovereignty by differentiating from the policy followed by Saudi Arabia in Yemen. In this context, it supports the separatist groups in Yemen and wants to control the strategically important Socotra Island between the Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa.
As a result, the UAE tries every way to become the dominant power in the Middle East geography by using the influence brought by its soft and hard power. This requires an enemy that is sustainable and avoids direct conflict. the policy pursued by Turkey in different fronts located in the UAE, seems determined to take this case to the end. The UAE, acting in the line and shadow of the USA and Saudi Arabia in the previous periods, is trying to improve its bilateral relations with great powers such as China and Russia by changing its direction in international relations. Having an important position in China's New Silk Road Project, UAE wants to benefit from this situation as well. UAE, which wants to be a rising power, aims to design the Middle East geography by using its financial and military tools. This achievement in the subject, Saudi Arabia, the UAE is dependent on non-sustainable policies and supporting Turkey will take steps to counter.
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