Saudi retail chains join growing informal boycott of Turkish products

  • Date: 19-Oct-2020
  • Source: Ahram
  • Sector:Retail
  • Country:Saudi Arabia
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Saudi retail chains join growing informal boycott of Turkish products

Turkey and Saudi Arabia have been at loggerheads since the 2011 "Arab Spring" over Ankara's support for Islamist political groups.







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, Monday 19 Oct 2020







A Saudi woman looks at the dairy products in a supermarket, after Saudi Arabia's retail stores urged customers to boycott Turkish products, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 18, 2020. Picture taken October 18, 2020. REUTERS













Saudi Arabia's biggest supermarket chains this week joined a growing boycott of Turkish imports proposed by business leaders and Saudis on social media, as political tensions spilled into trade between the two regional powers.

Turkey and Saudi Arabia have been at loggerheads since the 2011 "Arab Spring" over Ankara's support for Islamist political groups.