DOHA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani visited Turkey on late Thursday to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, local news agencies reported Thursday.
During the meeting, the two leaders held talks on "bilateral ties and regional issues especially the Gulf crisis."
Erdogan strongly spoke out against the sanctions imposed on Qatar by the Saudi-led bloc.
On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt severed diplomatic ties with Qatar and imposed a boycott on it, accusing the tiny gas-rich country of supporting terrorism and seeking closer ties with Iran, a Saudi rival.
Ankara has been a major supporter of Doha in the crisis that left Qatar diplomatically and economically isolated.
To help its chief rally in the Gulf region, Turkey has delivered food to Qatar both by air and sea after the Arab boycott against Doha.
Moreover, Ankara built a military base in Qatar and reportedly has deployed around 200 troops there.
