Turkey’s newly appointed ambassador to Qatar arrived in Doha yesterday to take up his new diplomatic responsibilities. Fikret Ozer was received at Doha’s Hamad International Airport by a host of Qatari officials and Turkish embassy staff. Ozer succeeds outgoing ambassador Ahmet Demirok, who served at the post from October 2013 to February 2017. Ozer had served as Turkish consul-general in Jeddah. Turkey-Qatar relations in recent years have been characterised by common stances on a host of regional issues, including the 2011 “Arab Spring” uprisings, the subsequent crises in Syria and Libya, and the situation in post-invasion Iraq.
