When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Riyadh on February 3, it capped a carefully choreographed reconciliation reshaping the Middle East’s geopolitical landscape. Talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signaled not just a bilateral reset but the emergence of a pragmatic regional order grounded in economic complementarity, defense cooperation, and shared anxieties about instability.
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