TLDR really struggles with Middle East basics. Would you consider getting a regional expert? They got recent events almost ok, but some basic facts make you shake your head. I don’t see bias but misunderstood connections or names, but the format is great. That I really appreciate. It simplifies the complicated issues for the viewer.Anyway good effort.

I'm a bit confused. As far as I know, the Muslim Brotherhood did "really emerge" in the after of the Arab Spring. Re-emerge yes, but its organization dates back to 1925, and while being deemed illegal by Nasser and later combated by Mubarak, it continued operations as an underground organization. As I understand it springs up post-revolution but rather ceased being illegal after the fall of Mubarak;'s regime.

I wouldn't consider it ditching; Turkiye just needs money. Erdogan went to Saudi Arabia, UAE for investment deals and to sell military gear

Russia is a bit tight in finance at the moment. The Saudis on the other hand are always loaded. There is really no contest from Erdogan's point of view.

I don't disagree with what's presented in this video but I think it's overlooking that Turkey's position during middle east civil wars aligned with the west. In Libya and Syria, Turkey and the West supported the same groups against the incumbent governments at first. It's just that western powers dropped their support eventually or lost interest for whatever reason. For example, providing armament to the Syrian opposition wasn't directly a Turkish initiative, it was part of the US operation Timber Sycamore. Turkey followed it. Similarly in Libya Government of National Accord was the UN backed government. What I'm getting at is that not providing this background makes it sound like Turkey's bad relations in the middle east were exclusively their bad decisions. They did and still do support some weird factions but they weren't completely alone in supporting some of these groups at the beginning when their relations with the other gulf countries deteriorated the most. I guess the exception is the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, I may be mistaken but no one supported them except Turkey.

Arab country and turkey never see Russia as close friend just mutual interest. maybe only Russia think it's

*first erdogan is going back to west....then back to east* Bruh why does everybody somehow think erdogan isnt gonna just do what he wants Their are no U TURNS in poltics Its just poltics

Brother Erdogan sometimes move west(eu), sometimes east(Russia) and sometimes south (middle east).

Jack should change his glasses

1:44 Egypt is missing the Sinai Peninsula

This series of moves from Erdogan could very likely be an attempt at self-preservation.

fun fact: saudi and russia are both members of OPEC+ and get along just fine..

Are we not going to talk about whatever is going on with Jack's hair? Is he working on a pony tail?

You see the turkish electrical car brand TOGG in the video at 08:20 when Bin Zayed is driving and Erdogan sitting next to him. Erdogan gave Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE the electrical SUV car TOGG T10X. Also Saudi Arabia and UAE made a huge deal to buy turkish combat drones by Bayraktar. The complete deal with UAE is over 50 billion dollars. Turkish Construction companies will have share in building the advanced modern city NEOM in Saudia Arabia and other parts of the kingdom like Jeddah. The construction sector is growing there.

I still remember the video that you guys made with the title "How Turkey Ran Out of Friends and Money". They still have no money but now everybody, from the EU, Russia, and the Gulf States, is trying to be friends with them. This only proves there is no such thing as friends in geopolitics, and countries will ally with whoever suits their interests, regardless of ideology.

*The Turkey-Ruzzia relationship has largely been driven by the two authoritarian leaders' personal rapport,* *but a weakened Putin becomes a less reliable partner, experts said.* *Erdogan’s Surprise Western Pivot*

The TLDR of it: "Hello, I like money." - Erdogan.

Within 2 hours!

you typed turkiye wrong

yes

the middle east has always been a hot mess of competing interests of the nations within the borders as well as without. Iran, Iraq , Dyria and Turkiye have all Kurdish populations that would like autonomy , similarly there are Armenian , Azerbaijani minorities are within Iran and Turkiye as well . Adding to this mess that iran wants all the middle east to become Shia under their model and preferably under their religious rule so they work with Shia leaders such as Esad and against all others via various groups ( usually designated terrorists in middle east nations ) . of course Saudi Arabia has a problem with the USA now energy independent and no longer interested in defending them or selling weapons to them and even starting to criticize their human rights records. which leads them to search for a new source of weapons and possibly a new nation to defend them in case of attack ( most likely from Iran ). that all leads that every nation is ally with some and against some others on some issues and against each other on others. Economic problems of Turkiye cause them to change direction every decade in their search for investors doesnt help stability either.

Saudi Arabia enables Russia to make more money out of oil exports, so... ditching one for the other is silly to begin with

We should keep an eye on this indeed.

I miss the days when the KZfaq comments use to be much nicer and more civil.

1:41 where's the sinai peninsula?

Neat

1:28 Its not like Saudi Arabia is anti-islamist, they just support different types of Islamists for different reasons. In Syria the Saudis supported Salafi Jihadist type factions while loathing the mainly non-Salafi Muslim Brotherhood. Funnily enough Turkey aided alot of these same factions in Syria as well.

I think the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Turkey are collaborating for mutual benefits. That's how the world should continue to focus on.

what is that the 10th monthly, Russia will collapse imminently video?

Peace to all the Middle East❤

Hard muscle. It isn't progress beyond Gilgamesh. It doesn't matter who you supported before so long as we are on the same page today. People who aren't strategizing for the future act more impulsively, this just feels right for Erdogan right now.

But Saudi Arabia and Russia are buddies as well 🤷🏻‍♀️? So is that even a choice?

As a person living in the Gulf, there are So many factual errors in this video. A lot of orientalist views as well. This video may be considered misinformation.

i love your show but having 1/4 of it being self advertising is very very annoying

Couple of points needs elaboration and others not particularly accurate.

8:16 *Quintilateral

Türkiye takes decisions from Ankara, not Washington 😶‍🌫

It's not Bashar al-Assad, it's Bashar al-Kalb.

an innocent misunderstanding of the issue, its understandable because its kinda complex and only understood by people who are very invested into religion. the reason why gulf states not including qatar dislike muslims brotherhood is because their own kingdom was funded on another Islamic sec which conflict with Muslims brotherhood, basically changing the underline base might change their system which they control. this also isn't a new thing, however in the past its was gulf states against USSR social leaning state (don't know how to word but it have a name in arabic syrai, egypt, iraq) the arab is split into two form dictatorship and monarchy. Muslims brotherhood is a movement that brand itself of being modern (some social element) so when dictatorship fall apart, Muslims brotherhood where an easy replacement. monarchy survived because their base is different then dictatorship that stem from tradition and strict religion, where dictatorship base stem from history and sentiment (we need strong leader to fight west intervention in arab world), hence why when that sentiment is unstable in the arab spring most arabs didn't share that sentiment anymore and saw their leader as a bigger issue then the west at least arab living under dictatorship. so short story, turkey have its own Islamic sect which is used as influence, Iran have its own and gulf states have its own, the conflict is about those parties trying to spread that influence, which none kinda won they all just got worn out by the conflict, maybe just Egypt completely won by gulf states.

The crown prince revealed an ambitious program of social and economic reform entitled "Vision 2030" and pledged to diversify the economy by offering part of the state-owned oil company Aramco to the public and encouraging new companies to reduce dependence on oil exports.

5:17 This is skipping the history and Co.

talk about out of the frying pan and into the fire jesus

Some corrections: Saudia and Russia have common interests in many fronts including cutting oil supply and raising cost of energy! Turkey isn't in similar footing !

Has Turkey improved relations with Egypt?

I think it’s also important to mention that Turkey had a century long western orientation towards Europe since Kemal Atatürk. For decades thay’ve been waiting to be admitted to the European Union, but as there are no European prospects for Turkey and as nationalism and islamization grow, they have to look for a “B plan”. This can be some kind of regional power struggle in the Middle East and they may also play the role of a “bridge” between Asia and the West.

Main reason I see is MBS is building trillion $ projects in the desert and Erdo wants to cash in on that, supplying Turkish workers & materials, to build it and then Turkish appliances and other equipment to make livable.

We would love to hear more about Syria as TLDR is the only channel i trust as non biased

The plan also calls for strengthening the presence of women in the labour force and easing Saudi hardliner social norms. "Our vision is a tolerant country, Islam is its constitution, and its moderation is moderate," he said when announcing the vision.

Snake goes were the grass is high. Sells snake oil were the wind blows.

When US president visits Japan and Australia, do you assume that he has dumped Europe?

İt's officially "Türkiye" since June 2022 acording to the UN.

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Missed pootbin oppurtunity with the thumbnail

How are the Gulf monarchies "the Middle East"? You equate the two, even though the Gulf monarchies only account for less than 10% of the Middle Eastern population.

I wonder where this Cattar country is that Jack keeps going on about.

Best Euroopan propaganda channel in KZfaq. Good jobs.

Because Saudi Arabia still has money. 😂

STOP SHOUTING!

could nobody tell you about your hair? nice work colleagues.

Yeah Erdogan U-turns always. Cant take him seriously.

If I were the ruler of Saudi Arabia, I'd have told Erdogan... take back the EV and give me a drone or at lease a BIG block Chevy.

Well, not really any difference, a dictator with a war for no reason in Ukraine, and a dictator with a war in Yemen. Edit: Fixed a spelling error

Saudi and Iran vying for hegemony in the middle east. Egypt and Ethiopia for nilo sahara. Brics and NATO for global. Turkey is something everywhere. Badly.

"The Society of the Muslim Brothers, better known as the Muslim Brotherhood, is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928".... Wikipedia. After which Arab Spring? The story of the Saudi kingdom is impossible to understand without mentioning the support and connivance of the UK US and oil cos Gulf states have more money than they know what to do with?

suadi is supporting russia

The way gulf monarchies fight democratic movements in the region looks like what happened to napoleon

muslim brotherhood almost a century old, didn't emerge after arab spring...

Economic reasons are the primary driver behind this pivot. With waning American interest in the region in the backdrop of Russia-Ukraine and US-China, Gulf states have plenty of incentive to use their money as investment in rival countries than using it to buy American tech. A kind of European economic co-operation is being seen here. Sustained mutual economic interest may seen these countries put their animosity in the backseat and not let it fester out openly. But how long will this last? What happnes when harder economic times come? Will the few years of common economic interest be enough to erase these animosities forever? Remains to be seen. Interesting times lie ahead.

Your cultural context on Saudi and its social environment is severely lacking.

I don't know why but you always have such a condescending tone in your ad reads

After watching thisTLDR video i can assure , they don't have any right knowledge of ME and their timeline is very incorrect. Don't consider this video as factual.......

Excuse me, you got a hole in your research. The Muslim Brotherhood is MUCH older than 2011 and the Arab spring.

As a Turkish owner, I want to watch videos made by foreigners about us, please add Turkish subtitles

This was cute but it misses way too many historical contexts. Gulf monarchies arent simply "really keen on stability". They were put in power by the British so lack popular legitimacy. Also muslim brotherhood wasnt born after arab spring. Its roots dates back to days of Egypt's independence from the British. Be nice if you spend some more resources on your research so you dont just mirror the superficial coverage in the media.

Turkey needs dollars .

While I’m not super fond of erdogan, I’m hoping that he can finally turn Turkey around for the better especially with his Allie’s. Between the U-turn on his economic policies, letting Sweden into NATO and this, I think there’s actually a chance.

Turkey are pals with Iran of course. KSA has just renewed friendship with Iran. Thats why!

It's not Turkey anymore, It's Turkiye now.

This is due to the changes witnessed by the Saudi ruling house represented by the rise of a new leadership of the Saudi state with new intellectual traits Commensurate with the assumption of the mandate of the young Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Cancer?

You should remove Bolsonaro's image from the intro. As TLDR News US seams dead, you may replace him by Biden

Erdoğan :Friendships ended with russia❌, now Saudia is my new best friend ✔️

SAUDI ARABIA RUSIA😎

Book burning Interference by unfriendly foreign actors Islamist political movements. You guys, I know exactly who we need to talk with. -The Green Party in Sweden

"Turkey ditch Putin for Saudi" English as she is spoke.

Wow, ur usually quite right about a lot, but can’t believe how wrong u r on this, need more reading bro

Why is Turkey always U turning about everything?

''i've got a garage full of solid gold rollers and you try to bribe me with a pissy little beenmer?!''

Lol both a dead end alliance

Turkey buys oil to saudi saudi buys cheap oil from russia and sell it to turkey in higher price

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Guys I like your videos but the sponsored messages take up far too much time in all your vids. At the start and the end

I mean Erdogan is known to be quite of a flip flopper.

11,023th viewer of this video!

Business is business he is looking to get a job back for Turk. Move on bro

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Sounds like Islamophobia!

West is acting with despotic manners in international politics and trade since the end of colonialism era especially and obviously after worldwar 1. In world trade its tools are : Enforcement of West Currencies in payments; rating companies desicions; international money transfer rules/means; The enourmous amounts of money in the Western banks; the regional wars / conflicts/embargoes started directly by West or by other means. Against all these the point reached by West is very very interesting. The west countries debts reached such levels that paybacks are far beyond their current gdp capacities. "Asset bubbles" catastrope still remains unsolved. Only the last two years printed amount only by USA 12 trillion dollars. Their economies are far away being real anymore and further can't capable to manage international economics properly. Let come to Arabs and Turks. Upon emerging the new Arab politics of West, Arabs are trying to increase relations and ties with potential countries other than West in order can be assisted in self-defense of their countries beside looking regions for investment opportunies . Among these countries also Turkiye existed who is also eager for foreign investment. Further, with its real economy and previous foreign investment successes has a potential to attract investments. Another positive point for Turkey its loyalty in handling his agreements and successes in assisting his allies in wars, conflicts and embargoes especially in last decade. There are also too many opportunities for Arabs to make partnership with Turkiye in defence investments both in their land and in Turkiye. Developing the releations will be very fruitfull for both parties even nowadays and close future. Isn't more or less many of the countries outside West keep running on same path. It is clear that any country can not rise its economy only with domestic achievements but together with proper international relations/ties/agreements.

Erdogan is like those ladies in the streets who say i do everything for 5 dollars 😂😂😂

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