Egypt Slams as ‘Crude Violations’ Erdogan’s Comments on Morsi Death

[The SC]

Friday, 21 June, 2019 - 05:45

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri. (Reuters)

Cairo – Mohammed Abdo Hassanein

Tensions between Cairo and Ankara flared once again after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to seek the Egyptian government’s “trial” in international courts over the death of deposed former President Mohammed Morsi earlier this week.

Morsi served as president for a year when he was elected in June 2012. He was ousted by popular protests against his regime and the Muslim Brotherhood. He died after suffering a heart attack while appearing in court.

He was in court for a hearing on charges of espionage emanating from contacts with Hamas, which had close ties to the banned Brotherhood.

On Thursday, Erdogan accused Egyptian authorities of “assassinating” Morsi.

He underlined his determination to seek accountability in the case when he attends the G20 summit in Japan later this month.

“I believe the United Nations will put Morsi’s suspicious death on its agenda and hold those responsible accountable,” he said in a speech at a rare news conference with foreign journalists in Istanbul.

His remarks sparked fierce official and popular criticism in Egypt.

Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri deemed the “irresponsible” statements as “crude violations” against Egypt, vowing that Cairo will confront any threats.

Erdogan has made false claims to exploit them for electoral purposes, he added in reference to Sunday’s mayoral polls in Istanbul.

His remarks reveal the depth of his ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, Shoukri added.

The minister accused Erdogan of spreading “extremist thought” that is adopted by the Brotherhood, al-Qaeda, ISIS and other terrorist organizations.

Erdogans’s comment expose the spite he harbors towards the Egyptian people and leadership and their successes on all fronts, he continued.

Relations between Egypt and Turkey had deteriorated after Morsi’s ouster in what Ankara described as a “coup against legitimacy.”

Turkey had also taken in hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood leaders who are wanted by Egypt on criminal charges.

Cairo summoned its ambassador to Ankara in August 2013 in protest against Turkish comments that criticized Egypt’s leadership. In November 2013, Egypt downgraded bilateral diplomatic relations with Turkey when it declared its ambassador as persona non grata.


https://aawsat.com/english/home/art...de-violations’-erdogan’s-comments-morsi-death

 

[damm1t]

Erdoğan's fault is that he gives reasons these scums to answer back.

 

[raptor22]

His only guilt was trusting american & he paid the price by his blood ... never trust ..

 

[Imran Khan]

what is urdgon business in Egyptian internal affairs . he better worry about his country . this dream of ottoman king will lead him nowhere .

Erdoğan's fault is that he gives reasons these scums to answer back.

he is pretending to be god father of Muslims . its wrong . every country is free now a days

 

[damm1t]

what is urdgon business in Egyptian internal affairs . he better worry about his country . this dream of ottoman king will lead him nowhere .


he is pretending to be god father of Muslims . its wrong . every country is free now a days

Nope, it's not about it. He sees Mursi as brother, that's why he talked with anger. Btw, you can just name max 5 free Muslim countries. Others are insignificant vassals of greater powers like most of Arabic countries.

 

[hussain0216]

Egypt is nothing but a puppet, what worth are its statements?

 

[Armchair]

Erdogan is standing for justice, and speaking against the oppressor for the oppressed. A duty for all Muslims. For those of you who don't know your own religion.

 

[Rusty]

Nope, it's not about it. He sees Mursi as brother, that's why he talked with anger. Btw, you can just name max 5 free Muslim countries. Others are insignificant vassals of greater powers like most of Arabic countries.

This is 100% true.
America cannot let Egypt be a free and democratic country because that would be a threat to Isreal.
Egypt currently it set up to defend Isreal at all costs, including killing democratically elected leaders.

 

[Wilhelm II]

Fans of erdogan and morsi are so dreamers
Guys live in real life world is not work by your dreams

 

[Armchair]

Fans of erdogan and morsi are so dreamers
Guys live in real life world is not work by your dreams

Says some fellow online named "Wilhelm II". Erdogan is as real as a human comes, he built his empire from scratch, lived through prison, and is heading one of the most powerful Muslim countries in the world.

You on the other hand are far from reality my friend. Probably a keyboard warrior living with your mommy.

 

[Saddam Hussein]

Nope, it's not about it. He sees Mursi as brother, that's why he talked with anger. Btw, you can just name max 5 free Muslim countries. Others are insignificant vassals of greater powers like most of Arabic countries.

Turkey is not free okay. Turkey hosts Incirlik and does what the US tells them to do in Syria, Erdogan's chants and saying he will never back down from the S-400 deal does not weigh much compared to the other things.

You may say Turkey is NATO, NATO protected turkey from the USSR. That threat is gone, now every NATO member prefers Kurds over Turkey.

 

[Kamil_baku]

Turkey is not free okay. Turkey hosts Incirlik and does what the US tells them to do in Syria, Erdogan's chants and saying he will never back down from the S-400 deal does not weigh much compared to the other things.

You may say Turkey is NATO, NATO protected turkey from the USSR. That threat is gone, now every NATO member prefers Kurds over Turkey.

Dude, just 3-4 days ago, i gave you examples what he did and you disappeared after that message..
the problem is you know that its not like that but lieing lookng at eyes without an honor..
if it was not Turkey, you petrol was selling to the world now and you were doing nothing..

 

[sammuel]

Erdogan is standing for justice, and speaking against the oppressor for the oppressed. A duty for all Muslims. For those of you who don't know your own religion.

I remember when Erdogan visited Egypt in 2011 and tried to lecture Morsi on Egypt needs to stay a secular state.

I found this article from 2013 , whose title is :

" If only Morsi had listened to Erdoğan "

But looking at turkey today , i wonder maybe Erdoğan today , needs to listen to Erdoğan from 2011 ...



If only Morsi had listened to Erdoğan


Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s September 2011 visit to Cairo was full of pomp and circumstance. Thousands of adoring Egyptians welcomed him waving Turkish flags and sounding their support. At the time, Time Magazine said Erdoğan was greeted “like a rock star.”

Two years later Erdoğan has become a persona non grata in Egypt. Following Morsi’s downfall, Erdoğan and other Turkish ministers lashed out at the Egyptian Army. Erdoğan considered Morsi’s ouster a blow to democracy and a betrayal of the popular will, and resolved that Turkey could not sit back as the violence in Egypt escalated.

Erdoğan sparks outrage in Egypt. He is perceived to be meddling in Egypt’s internal affairs and his conduct considered a breach of diplomatic protocol, aimed at further dividing Egyptian society.

As the tension mounted, Egypt also announced that it would deny Erdoğan access from its territory to the Gaza Strip. This supposed sanction may be a blessing in disguise for Erdoğan. Since 2011, Hamas leaders and residents of Gaza have been awaiting Erdoğan’s visit. Dates have been set, announcements made and plans approved – but the visit has yet to take place. Reasons vary, but Erdoğan’s inability to carry out his Gaza visit exemplifies the gap between Turkey’s foreign policy declarations and their implementation.

These recent tensions undermine one of the interesting post-Arab Spring coalitions. During Morsi’s term, Egypt and Turkey, two Western allies who, in the past, inhibited each other’s efforts to gain regional hegemony, began building an intimate relationship.

The rise of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood was welcomed by Erdoğan. It was thus only natural for the AKP to invite Morsi to Turkey, as a guest of honor, at its September 2012 congress.

Turkey was delighted to lend a helping hand, promising Morsi’s Egypt unprecedented financial aid. The two nation’s militaries also began building closer relations. In November 2012, Erdoğan made another visit to Egypt; this time under the pretext of Israel’s operation; a crisis that also motivated Davutoğlu to visit Gaza while hostilities were still ongoing.

Davutoğlu coined the term “Axis of Democracy” to describe the emerging relationship between Turkey and Egypt. However, in a development evocative of the collapse of the strategic partnership between Erdoğan and Bashar al-Assad following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War, the Turko-Egyptian partnership did not survive the upheaval in Egypt.

Erdoğan may have considered Morsi an ally, but he was not devoid of criticism of his policies. In his 2011 visit to Cairo, Erdoğan marked the path which he believed political Islam in Egypt should pursue, sparking resentment among Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. “I hope the new Egyptian regime will be secular”, he said, adding that while he personally was a Muslim, the nation which he headed was a secular one. “I recommend a secular constitution for Egypt,” declared Erdoğan, emphasizing that secularism was not an “enemy of religion.”

The roadmap that Erdoğan outlined was, in his opinion, the key to success, for a religious party aspiring to successfully rule over a country where the military establishment and a large portion of the public consider political Islam an enemy. Erdoğan’s attempt to do so in Turkey was successful. Morsi’s similar Egyptian endeavor was not.

In 2011, Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood dismissed Erdoğan’s warning as an intervention in internal Egyptian affairs. “You cannot transfer the experience of other countries to Egypt,” responded the movement’s spokesman. Indeed, Erdoğan’s advice was not heeded and the policies Morsi implemented in its place contributed significantly to his ouster.

During his term as president, Morsi chose to follow in the footsteps of Necmettin Erbakan, Turkey’s Islamist Prime Minister, who was overthrown in 1997 following a military ultimatum, after only one year in office. The perception of Morsi was that of a president with a decidedly Islamist agenda, who preferred to appoint members of the Muslim Brotherhood to key government positions and attempted to rapidly undermine the secular establishment.

Morsi was viewed as a president who had the Muslim Brotherhood’s interests and not those of the Egyptian people, at heart. This approach significantly contrasts that adopted by Erdoğan during his first years as prime minister. These days Erdoğan might miss Morsi, but he undoubtedly believes that had the Egyptian Prime Minister heeded his advice – his would have been a different fate.



http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/if-only-morsi-had-listened-to-erdogan-53409

 

[Nurhak40]

do you know why few hundred if not few thousands Turkish police walked to incirlik base after coup attempt? it was a message

Turkey is not free okay. Turkey hosts Incirlik and does what the US tells them to do in Syria, Erdogan's chants and saying he will never back down from the S-400 deal does not weigh much compared to the other things.

You may say Turkey is NATO, NATO protected turkey from the USSR. That threat is gone, now every NATO member prefers Kurds over Turkey.

 

[kingQamaR]

Well, give it to these Egyptians, to do the right clever thing. Murder your elected Islamic leader. And, bring back the same junta of army and police rule again........hehe !

The very one. You been fighting for justice for decades of human right abuses.

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Haha.