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Week in Review

Mar 12, 2021

People wave flags of Libya (L) and Turkey (R) during a demonstration in Martyrs' Square in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, held by the UN-recognized Government of National Accord, on June 21, 2020, after the Turkish-backed government denounced Egypt's warning of possible military intervention. Turkey is now hoping for some sort of reconciliation with Egypt when it comes to maritime boundaries and gas rights in the eastern Mediterranean. — MAHMUD TURKIA/AFP via Getty Images

A picture taken at the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul, on June 20, 2019 shows the drilling ship 'Yavuz' scheduled to search for oil and gas off Cyprus. - Turkey is set to send a new ship on June 20 to search for oil and gas off Cyprus, in a move expected to escalate tensions after the EU called on Ankara to stop its "illegal drilling activities". The region near the divided island is believed have rich natural gas deposits, triggering a race between Turkey and the internationally recognised Cyprus, whic

Is Turkey-Egypt maritime agreement dead in the water?

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics

Sisi Erdogan and King Salman

Erdogan’s reset with Egypt and the Gulf won’t be smooth

Week in Review

A supporter of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi stands in the back of a pickup truck bearing his portrait and loudspeakers, in the capital Cairo's Tahrir square on January 25, 2018, as the country marks the seventh anniversary of the 2011 uprising that ended the 30-year reign of former President Hosni Mubarak. / AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED (Photo credit should read MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images)

Egypt's Sisi unlikely to reconcile with Erdogan before Turkey's election

Fehim Tastekin

In Paris, reporting on Turkish politics

Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Qatar on Nov. 20, 2022.

Sisi, Erdogan meet, pledge new era of Egypt-Turkey relations

Nazlan Ertan

In Izmir, reporting on culture