A recent poll shows the Arab public approves of Turkish foreign policy over countries like the US, Germany, France, Russia and Iran
While some Arab countries in the Gulf, as well as Egypt, are at odds with Turkey pushing the Arab League to issue occasional condemnations of Turkish foreign policy, the Arab public appears to embrace Ankara’s political stances, according toNearly 60 percent of Arab respondents to the survey have indicated that they approve the way Turkey conducts its foreign policy in the Middle East from Libya to Syria and Palestine.
Turkey’s Syria policy received 38 percent approval, while all other countries’ ratings were at less than 25 percent, according to the poll. Some Arab analysts see Turkey’s conservative AK Party, and its leader President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as the main reason behind the current Arab public approval of the country’s foreign policy.
Election officials open a ballot box to count votes at a polling station in Istanbul, Turkey, June 23, 2019. The opinion poll also shows there is a strong displeasure toward US foreign policy across the Middle East. Nearly 90 percent of the respondents have negative views toward Washington’s policies across Libya, Palestine, Yemen and Syria.
In Yemen, the US-backed Saudi-UAE led coalition’s intervention has worsened the civil war, creating the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Washington has long supported both Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, which are led by autocrats.
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