Erdogan has been irked by the U.S. and Europe's criticism of his crackdown on political dissidents in the wake of the coup.
He is also displeased with Washington's refusal to extradite exiled Turkish preacher Fethullah Gulen, who is accused of being behind last year's coup against Erdogan.
Notably, Erdogan's Gulf tour, by the first head of state of a non-Gulf nation, came after the visits to the region by U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany in the past weeks.
Through mediating the Gulf crisis, Erdogan may have tried to exert Turkey's influence as a regional power, thus increasing his bargain chip in dealing with the U.S. and Europe in future.
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