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Erdogan and Assad: A former friendship damaged beyond repair?
Relations between Syria and Turkey may depend on the outcome of Syrian presidential elections in two years, experts say.
- Andrew Wilks
- Al Jazeera
Ten years ago, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, then prime minister of Turkey, hosted Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad for a family holiday in the Aegean resort of Bodrum as relations between Turkey and…
After decades of Cold War animosity, the Erdogan government that took power in 2002 had built new ties with its southern neighbour and trade and…
Much of this rapprochement was underpinned by the personal friendship of the countries’ leaders as Erdogan and…