On the bright side, the plane is undoubtedly stuffed full of tracking, wifi, bluetooth, mics, and every other possible kind of listening equipment.
Qatar’s emir found an opportunity to unload an obsolete whale and took it. What’s erdogan going to do with it anyway? He only makes occasional hops around the Mediterranean, Gulf region, occasionally EU or NATO meetings. Hardly needs a 747 for that...
I doubt the US will furnish command and control and sigintel systems for it. (Unless Qatar already had that)