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June 7th, 2017 
Awake Goy Lawmakers from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s AK Party (AKP) have proposed debating two pieces of legislation on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing AKP and national opposition officials.
One of those bills includes allowing troops to be deployed to a Turkish military base in Qatar, which was set up by Ankara as part of an agreement signed in 2014.
The second piece of legislation to be debated involves approving an accord between Turkey and Qatar on military training cooperation.
The bills, both of which were drafted before the row between Qatar and Arab nations erupted, are expected to be approved by parliament later on Wednesday.
Turkey’s cooperation with Qatar comes as several countries and organizations – including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Egypt, Yemen, the Maldives, and one of Libya’s three rival governments – cut ties with Doha on Monday, accusing it of financing terrorist groups ranging from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) to Iran-backed militants.
Erdogan has slammed Arab states for turning their backs on Qatar, which has vehemently denied supporting militant groups.
The Turkish president said that isolating Qatar and imposing sanctions will not resolve any problems, adding that Turkey will do everything in its power to help end the diplomatic row.
“I’d like to say that we don’t find sanctions against Qatar right,” Erdogan said late Tuesday, as quoted by Bloomberg. “The most appropriate way for the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to solve their internal issues is through dialogue. In this regard, we admire Qatar’s constructive and cool-headed approach.”
READ MORE: Arab League nations v Qatar: How it all started
Turkey and Qatar, which have friendly relations, have both provided support for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt – a political party which has been banned by both Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
Both countries have also backed rebels fighting to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The base where the Turkish troops would be sent was designed to serve primarily as a site for joint training drills, Turkey’s former ambassador to Qatar, Ahmet Demirok, told Reuters in 2015.
A total of 150 troops have already been stationed at the base, according to Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper. Ankara plans to eventually send a total of 3,000 ground troops there, Demirok said during his interview with Reuters two years ago.
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