BLACKEAGLE
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Well, to be honest, it was Egypt (and Syria) that kept Turkey out of Middle East politics for half of the 20th century. Egypt was the key country of Middle East and it still is to some point as it has sentimental value for Arabs but it lost its power to GCC and mainly Saudi Arabia.
Money, money and money.
Turkey is only welcome when it acts as a friend, and not a country looking for an influence. Turkey is in a very vulnerable situation, enemies surrounding it from the north, east, and west. Egypt is busy with it's internal problems right now and this is normal and was expected after the change. GCC will not accept any Turkish rule on the expense of Egyptian or Arab interests. They only need Turkey to distance itself from Iran.