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Erdogan waits in wings following Burhan's coup

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. © Timothy A. Clary/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
Turkey, the main partner of Omar al-Bashir's regime, lost its influence in Sudan when power fell into the hands of civilians in 2019. Despite Ankara not being as well connected to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who took power on 25 October, as Egypt and the Emirates, Recep Tayyip Erdogan's regime nevertheless hopes that the breakdown of relations with Europe and the US will lead to a restoration of close ties with Khartoum. [...] (456 words)
Issue dated 29/10/2021 Reading time 2 minutes
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Turkish Ambassador to Guinea Volkan Türk Vural (left) during a meeting with Guinean Prime Minister Ibrahima Kassory Fofana on 21 April 2021. © Office of the Republic of Guinea/Twitter
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GUINEA TURKEY Business 09/09/2021

Coup stops Turkey's Africa push in its tracks 

Turkey's diplomats have been hard-wired to reject military rule ever since the failed 2016 coup attempt in Ankara, but they now find themselves having to make pragmatic choices with Guinea's new leaders to maintain an air of influence.

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