Saudi companies released on Saturday, a cyber campaign on social media platforms. calling for boycotting Turkish products in response to what they describe as a Turkish campaign against the kingdom. These calls come in response to what users consider to be Turkish interference in the kingdom’s affairs.
On other hand, Saudis issued hashtag #Boycott_Products_Campaign, as part of a Campaigns series calling for a boycott, which has topped the trend since early October.
The popular campaign for boycotting Turkish products in Saudi Arabia has gained further momentum over the past few days, attracting the support of commentators and businesses.
Moreover, Saudi companies, retail stores and many cafes announced their boycott of Turkish products as well as stopping their import, sale and circulation. Urging Saudis to replace them with local or other products from friendly countries.
Hence, many users published images showing a list of several Turkish products sold in Saudi Arabia asking others not to purchase them.
Dr. Hamdan Al-Shehri, a political analyst and international relations scholar explained, that Turkish political mess-ups and interference in countries of the Middle East is the real reason behind this popular boycott of Turkish products.
Dr. Al-Shehri noted, that the popular boycott of Turkish products was a message from the Saudi people and others who were in solidarity with the campaign to reject Turkish interventions and Turkish hostility toward the countries of the region, such as their interference in the issue of the rotation of the Two Holy Mosques and interventions in Iraq, Syria and Libya.
Noteworthy, the relations between the two countries had already soured after Turkey sided with Qatar during a Riyadh-led boycott of the country.
According to Bloomberg’s report published on October, the political tensions between Ankara and Riyadh are spilling over into trade as Riyadh’s government hinders the entry of Turkish exports.
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