Erdogan's associations in the Gulf
Turkey's
moves indicate that it has a vision of Arab and Muslim societies and systems
and unprecedented attention to its Arab neighbors. For obvious reasons, it is
now moving in the Arab region through the term "public diplomacy". As
well as, a strategic project that was used by the big powers to strengthen its
influence and expand its reach. It decided to return to the Arab region at an
accelerated pace, an employee of the Muslim Brotherhood in the region, after it
left almost a century ago and neglected until recently.
In
its actions, Turkey has relied on the Brotherhood and on a range of
institutions in its foreign policy, public diplomacy policy and regional
expansion to expand and spread, and it is one of its means of effective
presence in the region.
Turkish
institutions and associations represented several areas of work, overseen by
businessmen close to the state, including service and finance institutions, or
media and technical institutions, which represented a soft power in cultural
and economic contacts to work seamlessly to recreate a copy of the Ottoman
Empire from North Africa to the Iranian plateau And Central Asia.
"The
Association of Turkish and Arab Businessmen" - as it is clear - is aimed
at businessmen and aims to establish relations with Arab social and commercial
institutions and to promote friendly relations.
The
Association is the most prominent example of these associations supervised by
the Turkish government, to penetrate the Arab countries. There are many other
organizations assigned to it as the Turkish business association «Almossiad».
As the economy is an instrument of attraction, and countries can impose certain
policies if they can strengthen their economic and trade relations with other
countries.
Turkey
has used media and art as a soft power because of the active and deep role of
the media in promoting any policy or political system. It has set up a number
of institutions and offices in a number of Arab countries, including the
Turkish trt channel, which expresses Turkish culture in various fields such as
art, and transfer them to the Arab world.
Turkey
has aimed to make its institutions move to neighboring Arab countries to create
the greatest penetration of Arab businessmen, for example the Turkish Union of Chambers
(Top).
Turkish
Businessmen Association:
Is
an association that not only carries the commercial and economic character, but
also carries intellectual, political and religious concepts that serve and
propagate it. Through its activities inside and outside, and provide support to
other civil institutions that are traveling in accordance with its objectives.
Erdogan's
government has taken advantage of economic gatherings in Turkey and the Arab
world and has made strides in its goals through the Businessmen Association,
which has strengthened cooperation between Arab and Turkish businessmen.
Today,
the association has the largest economic community in Turkey, with 2,650
members representing thousands of companies. It has 28 branches in Turkey and
30 liaison centers around the world, including several branches in Kuwait and
Qatar.
The
association has internal goals of increasing internal economic efficiency and
strengthening the status of Turkish businessmen and companies in the global
economy.