Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s two-day trip to Saudi Arabia late last month opened a new chapter in the foreign policies of both countries. The visit marked the highest-level diplomatic engagement between Ankara and Riyadh since the Oct. 2018 assassination of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul.

Divisions within Turkey over this shift can be discerned through close analysis of the country’s media, where coverage of Erdogan's outreach has been varied. Overall, an assessment of his trip to Saudi Arabia can be divided into three levels of analysis: its economic dimensions, implications for Turkey’s foreign policy, and significance in the new regional geopolitical landscape...