#Egypt asks #Turkishambassador to #leave over #support for #MuslimBrotherhood #Militarygovernment #accuses Turkey of seeking to #createinstability by #backingparty of #oustedpresident #MohamedMorsi Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised the trial of ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi. Photograph: Itar-Tass/Barcroft Media The Egyptian government has asked Turkeys ambassador to leave in protest for its support of the Muslim Brotherhood, the party of the deposed president Mohamed Morsi. Egypts military government accused Turkey of supporting organisations bent on spreading instability. Turkey has denounced removal of the elected Morsi as an unacceptable coup. Since the coup in July, thousands of the new governments opponents have been detained and hundreds killed by security forces. Turkey was attempting to influence public opinion against Egyptian interests, supported meetings of organisations that seek to create instability in the country, said a foreign ministry spokesman, Badr Abdelatty, on Saturday. Turkeys ruling AK party has a similar background to the Muslim Brotherhood and both have endured a rivalry with their national armies. Turkey and Egypt recalled their ambassadors in August after Turkey criticised Egypts new leaders over the overthrow of Morsi. Turkeys ambassador returned weeks later, but Egypt had declined to return its envoy to Ankara. Saturdays decision comes after the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, renewed his criticism of Egypts new leaders. He dismissed the trial of Morsi on charges of inciting murder of his opponents while in office, which opened this month, and on Thursday described the situation in Egypt as a humanitarian drama. The Egyptian foreign ministry said Turkey has persisted in its unacceptable and unjustified positions by trying to turn the international community against Egyptian interests and by supporting meetings for groups that seek to create instability in the country and by making statements that can only be described as an offense to the popular will. Egyptian officials and media have repeatedly accused Muslim Brotherhood leaders of meeting in Turkey to plan protests and other ways to undermine the new government in Cairo. In response to Egypts decision, the Turkish president, Abdullah Gul, said: I hope our relations will again get back to its track. But a Turkish foreign ministry spokesman said Ankara was in touch with the ambassador and we will respond with reciprocal steps in coming hours. theguardian/world/2013/nov/23/egypt-turkey-ambassador-muslim-brotherhood-mohamed-morsi?guni=Network%20front:network-front%20main-3%20Main%20trailblock:Network%20front%20-%20main%20trailblock:Position9
Posted on: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 12:42:30 +0000
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