ABSTRACT When the Qatar crisis erupted in June 2017, Turkey quickly sided with Qatar, sending tons of food supplies and deploying troops in the Emirate. Yet, from a purely geopolitical and economic perspective, Turkey would have been expected not to take sides given its much larger trade relations with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and their political clout in the region and beyond. It seems that the path dependence in bilateral relations between Turkey and Qatar pre-ordained the former’s reaction. More specifically, by the time the Gulf crisis erupted, Turkey and Qatar had already developed a special relationship, which strongly affected Turkey’s pro-Qatar stance.

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了解土耳其对卡塔尔危机的反应

摘要 2017 年 6 月卡塔尔危机爆发时，土耳其迅速站在卡塔尔一边，向该酋长国派遣了大量粮食供应并部署了军队。然而，从纯粹的地缘政治和经济角度来看，鉴于其与沙特阿拉伯和阿拉伯联合酋长国的贸易关系及其在该地区及其他地区的政治影响力，预计土耳其不会偏袒任何一方。土耳其和卡塔尔双边关系的路径依赖似乎预先注定了前者的反应。更具体地说，在海湾危机爆发时，土耳其和卡塔尔已经建立了特殊的关系，这对土耳其的亲卡塔尔立场产生了强烈影响。