Countries such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt recognize the Muslim Brotherhood as a terror group, while it is not blacklisted as such by many others, including Qatar and Turkey, as well as the United Nations.
Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia and Bahrain are also highly disturbed about Qatar having good ties with Shiite Iran, which they see as a major threat.
Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) argued that remaining neutral in the conflict would serve more Turkey's best interests.
"Turkey should have managed to remain neutral," said Cetin Osman Budak, the party's deputy chairman.
Stressing that supporting a party in a conflict makes one part of the problem, he added that "if you stay in the middle, then you would become part of the solution."
U.S. President Donald Trump revealed that his administration is supporting the Gulf countries' sanctions on Doha.
"During my recent trip to the Middle East, I stated that there can no longer be funding of Radical Ideology," Trump tweeted one day after the imposition of the measures. "Leaders pointed to Qatar."
For Logoglu, Turkey as a non-Arab country should not take sides in an inter-Arab conflict.
"To stop further future damage to Turkey's national interests, Ankara must stay put and mute and recalibrate its position to a balanced and non-interventionist mode," he said.
Turkey has made efforts to soothe the conflict right from the start, creating an impression that it was ready to act as a mediator in the conflict.
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