... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey...
spoke on Thursday by phone with Saudi King Salman
...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and Lord of Most of the Arabians....after missing a key summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation in the Saudi holy city of Makkah, his office said.
The two exchanged greetings for the Eidul Fitr festival, Erdogan's office said, adding that they also discussed "bilateral and regional issues," without elaborating further.
The phone call comes after Erdogan was notably absent from the Makkah summit of the OIC where the country was represented instead by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.
...the most dubious NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure....
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's ties with Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
have come under strain after the brutal murder last October of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, which tarnished the international reputation of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
...
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....Saudi prosecutors have absolved the prince and said around two dozen people implicated in the murder are in jug, with death penalties sought against five men.
But attention has remained focused on whether the crown prince ordered the murder, despite the kingdom's denials.