Misinformation, propaganda cloud Turkey’s Africa policies

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/02/turkey-saudi-arabia-uae-egypt-media-feed-off-myths-in-rows.html

Since our class today was an introduction to the Ottoman Empire, I think it is the perfect time to discuss Turkey’s contemporary foreign policy. In recent years, the country has advanced its geopolitical role beyond the Middle East. While most attention gets placed on the ongoing Kurdish-Turkish conflict, the scope of their growing military and diplomatic presence extends to the Western Balkans, the Caucasus, and the African continent. President Erdogan’s military ambitions in Libya, Sudan, Somalia, and Qatar have become a point of contention within the Middle East, as Egypt and certain Gulf states perceive Turkey’s heightened involvement as a threat to regional stability.  Many Arab journalists and supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood have accused Erdogan of promoting neo-Ottomanism ideology; yet, Turkish officials are adding fuel to the fire by making comments that recall the Ottoman legacy, and distributing a map of “Greater Turkey.”