Press conference of Turkish presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin on Qatar

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JULY 03 : Turkish Presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin speaks during a press conference at Tarabya Presidential Campus (Huber Villa) in Istanbul, Turkey on July 03, 2017. Regarding international Saudi-led demands to close a Turkish military base in Qatar, Kalin said Ankara was working to establish peace across the region. The Turkish military base established in Qatar following an agreement in 2014 “does not pose a threat to any countries in the region,” Kalin said. According to foreign media, a 13-point list of demands for Qatar includes the closure of its Al Jazeera television, downgrading its ties with Iran and extraditing "terrorists". Several Arab countries have given Doha a 10-day deadline to meet the demands. Kalin said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would continue to keep in touch with regional and global actors regarding the Qatar crisis. He underlined that the next few days were “critical” as Qatar handed over its response to the Saudi demands to Kuwait, the Gulf state mediating in the crisis. On June 5, five Arab countries -- Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Yemen -- abruptly cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terrorism. Doha denies the accusations, describing the attempts to isolate it as “unjustified”.(Footage by Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)