Landmark Visit to Egypt by Turkey’s Erdogan Overshadowed by Gaza Crisis

Visit coincides with expected Israeli assault on key border crossing between Gaza Strip and Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

Turkey's President and leader of the Justice and Development (AK) Party Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures as he delivers a speech during his party's group meeting at the Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) in Ankara, Turkey, on May 18, 2022. Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Cairo on Feb. 14—the first time in over a decade—for talks with his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

Talks reportedly focused mainly on an ongoing Israeli military offensive in the Gaza Strip, which shares a 7.5-mile-long border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.