[2][3] During the World War I, the Ottomans imposed a forcible blockade to prevent supplies from being taken by the French and the British.

However, this resulted in the Great Famine of Mount Lebanon, which claimed the lives of a half of the Lebanese population at the time.

While Lebanon has been relatively out of the knowledge of the Turkish population, the recent political brawl had led to some several fallouts of relationship.

In September 2019, Lebanese President Michel Aoun tweeted his criticism on the Ottoman rule and expressed concerns about the return of Turkey to Lebanon, and summoned the Turkish ambassador as well.

These are our [Turkish] President [Recep Tayyip] Erdoğan's instructions.Following the end of Bashar Al-Asad's regime in Syria, the ongoing conflict between Lebanon and Israel an the ongoing economic situation in Lebanon, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has said that Turkey is willing to supply electricity to both countries.