Speaking a week before Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Egypt, which is scheduled for Wednesday Feb. 14, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that Turkey would sell drones to Egypt — displaying a 180-degree turn in Ankara-Cairo ties.

Erdogan’s historic trip to Cairo amid growing defense cooperation between the two countries may be a harbinger of new momentum in the region.

From rupture to all-out partnership

After Egypt’s 2013 military coup, Ankara-Cairo ties were all but severed. Erdogan hated the putschists not only for overthrowing his fellow Islamist ally, late President Mohamed Morsi, and his Muslim Brotherhood-led government, but also for limiting the benefits that he intended to receive from Egyptian influence in the Arab and Muslim world.

From East Med to Ethiopia, can Turkey's Erdogan and Egypt's Sisi form regional axis?

From East Med to Ethiopia, can Turkey's Erdogan and Egypt's Sisi form regional axis?

Speaking a week before Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Egypt, which is scheduled for Wednesday Feb. 14, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced that Turkey would sell drones to Egypt — displaying a 180-degree turn in Ankara-Cairo........

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