Anchal Vohra
In mid-June, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and hailed it as a “new era” in the two countries’ relationship. It marked an end to tensions that had reached their pinnacle in 2018 after Turkey’s media published information apparently leaked from the Turkish government about the gruesome murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul. In April 2022, a Turkish court transferred the trial of Khashoggi’s alleged murderers to Riyadh—a peace offering that paved the path for Erdogan’s first trip in years to the oil-rich kingdom, which occurred later that month.
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