Egypt military coup alarms Turkish government
Government
July 6, 2013
By: Steffan Ileman
Turkey is the only country that has officially expressed its displeasure with the ousting of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi by the military. Turkish Government’s official position is that the elected president can only be removed at the ballot box and not by force. While Turkish cabinet ministers have issued statements calling for Morsi’s reinstatement, Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis called on the European Union to intervene in Egyptian affairs, which contradicts the minister’s rebuke of the European Parliament last month that Europe had no business interfering in Turkey’s internal affairs in relation to Ankara’s handling of mass protests. U.S. posturing on Egypt’s military coup and police repression of Turkish protests is especially disconcerting to Ankara.
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