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. The 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom’s Istanbul consulate escalated tensions sharply.
Othaim Markets 4001.E, Danube Supermarkets, Tamimi Markets and Panda Retail Company issued statements announcing they would stop carrying Turkish goods once existing stocks are sold off."Our leaders, our government and our security are a red line and they do not accept to be harmed," Othaim Markets said in the statement on its company Twitter account.
Saudi Arabia’s government media office has said authorities have not placed any restrictions on Turkish goods.
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