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Türkiye speaks Turkish. Turkish is actually related to arabic with about 7% of the words having Arabic origins.

For example:
The word merhaba comes from the Arabic word مرحبا
The word tamam comes from the arabic word تمام which means “ok”.

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The Modern Standard Arabic language does not have loan words in Turkish but many Ex-Ottoman Nations have loan words in their dialects. For example: in Egyptian the word “باشا” is a term of respect for a man which has Turkish origins. But Gulf (emarati) Arabic doesn’t have loanwords from Turkish.

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Both the UAE and Türkiye have Islam as the majority religion, but Türkiye is following the Hanafi Madhab but the UAE is Maliki in the ruling royal family of Bani Yas but the Qawassim, the leaders of Sharjah/Ras Al Khaimah follow the Hanifi Madhab.

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Türkiye has many famous savory foods such as Shish Tawook, Doner Kebab, Kofte, and more.

They’re also famous for their desserts like Knaffee, Baklava, e.t.c. They’re also heavy coffee and tea drinkers.

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The UAE has many special dishes such Machboos, Harees, tharid, and more. This dishes are mostly savoury and consist of a meat with rice sometimes vegetables.

As for deserts, the UAE is famous for Lugeimat, which are fried dough balls that are covered in date syrup.

They are also known for Arabic Coffee & Karak (Masala) Tea which originated in India/Pakistan.

Many Emirati households and cafés serve “چاي سليماني” which translated to “Suleimani(Referring to one of the Caliphs of the Ottoman Empire) Tea”.

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Turkiye is a melting pot of cultures, it has arabic influences, Kurdish influence, Greek influence, and more. For example, the Turkish language it self was not originally written in the Latin alphabet, originally it was written in the Arabic script, though they added the extra letters گ، چ، پ، ژ، ڭ because these sounds exist in Turkish but dont exist in Arabic. Turkiye has also left a very heavy footprint on the balkans & the levant, especially Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia, Syria, and Lebanon.

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UAE culture is no exception. It is also very much mixed, as many tribes came from different parts of Arabia. Some have their roots in Hadharmout, Yemen, some have their roots in the Hejaz(modern day west Saudi Arabia). Even with in the same village, people can have different cultures, weddings, foods, dialects, and more just based on wether or not they were Nomads (ابدوي) or if they’re from the cities (حضري). Many cultures such as the Baluchis, Pashtuns, Omanis, British, Portugal, Persians, Indians, and even Turks all mixed into the UAE’s cultures. Some Arab peoples didn’t even originate in Arabia, instead in Omani controlled Baluchistan, Qassimite Bandar Abbas & Qeshm, and even Turkiye.

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Men usually wear Kandooras and Hamdaniyas for a sporty, casual look (nowadays some people wear baseball caps as well). Each headdress has different meaning. The traditional cap written as Taqiya but pronounced as Tagiya (AKA Gah’fiya) is usually worn during Friday prayers and around the house, the turban called the Hamdaniya is usually worn by youngsters and/or when running errands, and the Ghutra & Agal is worn in formal occasions like weddings, meetings, work, school (if they’re the teacher), graduations, and is worn by the clergy but tilted back when worn by the clergy because when they prostrate, the Igal may fall. The Bisht is also worn by the clergy, newly-weds, and political leaders. There’s also a winter coat called the Farwa which is usually worn when out in nature.

The women usually wear Abayas when outside, this is to keep modest, but when in private they wear a form of kandora called Jalabiya/Mkhawar. This is worn at weddings and around the house. Many older women can also be seen wearing golden burqas. They also like wearing Moroccan Kaftans sometimes. Usually when a women is married to a well off man, the man can sometimes either buy or rent out a big gold piece for her wedding night which include a chestplate, bracelets, necklaces, earrings, ankletes, and more.

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The Late King Fahd (رحمه الله) wearing the Royal Agal & bisht

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The Late King Fahd (رحمه الله) wearing the Royal Agal & bisht

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Turkish men usually wear western clothes especially after the creation of the republic of turkiye. But for traditional clothes they usually wear Jubbas, a long coat that reaches to the knees with pants, Fez hats, and Turbans with a fez hat or taqiya for religious sheikhs. They’re also known for wearing suits. They also have a garment that is called a Sarjana that are pants that are wide and belted. They’re also known to keep their moustaches and beards but they started shaving their beards more often after the fall of the ottomans.

As for Turkish women they usually wear western clothes but they also wear Caftans which have North African origins, Fez hats but with clothes going down, and gowns. They also wear long jackets called jilbabs for hijabi women.

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The UAE’s current president is HH Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He is part of the Al Nahyan tribe and became leader on 14 May 2022. He became leader because of the death of The Late HH Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

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Türkiye’s leader is Recepp Tayyip Erdogan, he was elected in 2014 and is in the political party AKP.