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Turkey Loses Its Egyptian Ally
[AlAhram] Ankara is the foreign capital that has expressed the angriest reaction to what it called a 'military coup' against a democratically elected presidentTurkey is very angry about the dismissal of Mohamed Morsi by the Egyptian army. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to recognise the new rulers of Egypt, while his foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, warned against a "domino effect" in the other countries of the Arab Spring (Tunisia, Libya, and Yemen) if the international community endorses the "coup." Only Turkey has so far qualified the removal of Morsi a coup. Ankara, through its Minister of European Affairs, Egemen Bagis, even asked the Security Council of the United Nations Posted by: trailing wife 2013-08-01 |
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