Previous Saudi actions against Turkey include removing wildly popular Turkish dramas from broadcast on the region's most popular TV network
It’s not immediately clear what led to the Saudi authorities blocking two Turkish online news portals, TRT Arabi and Anadolu Agency, but the decision is in continuation of Riyadh's recent policy towards Ankara.
On the diplomatic front, while Riyadh denies it, in December Saudi leaders threatened Pakistan with the withdrawal of aid and the expulsion of expatriate workers if Islamabad attended anOn the social media front, pro-MBS trolls have disseminated videos calling for Arab tourists to stop visiting Turkey, citing fictional or exaggerated reports of crime and harassment.
Olabi described how outlets such as Sky News Arabia were disproportionately focused on Turkey, despite their ostensible remit to focus on nearly two dozen Arab states. Saudi efforts to stifle the popularity of Turkish culture in the Arab also extend to its entertainment output, such as wildly popular Turkish dramas.
Saudi Arabia’s plans to blockade its neighbour Qatar into submission in 2017 were thwarted by Turkey’s swift intervention, which included diplomatic support, food deliveries via air, and the deployment ofThe second, and perhaps the most damaging to MBS personally, was the aftermath of the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul in October 2018.
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