Friday, July 26, 2013

Erdogan’s Egypt Policy In Disarray - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

Erdogan’s Egypt Policy In Disarray

By: Tulin Daloglu for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse Posted on July 26.

While Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan argues that his objection to the Egyptian military ending President Mohammed Morsi's term is all about standing strong in the name of democracy and therefore against military coups, Egyptian Ambassador to Ankara Abderahman Salaheldin has raised a different issue. Salaheldin asked whether Erdogan's position on the issue is principled, comparing Egypt's two separate popular rallies since 2011, which both led to changes in governance.

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