<span style="color: #222222;">Qatar King Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has pledged to make direct investment in Turkey and announced a 15-billion US dollar investment into the country's financial markets and banks. <br />''<br />''His announcement came yesterday after holding talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. Turkey is currently grappling with a currency crisis and heightened tensions with the United States, its NATO ally.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Sheikh Tamim is the first foreign head of state to visit Ankara since the stand-off with Washington began last week. Erdogan and Sheikh Tamim also discusses ways to improve their strategic cooperation.</span><br />'' <br />