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| Turkey Loses Its Egyptian Ally |
| 2013-08-01 |
| [AlAhram] Ankara is the foreign capital that has expressed the angriest reaction to what it called a 'military coup' against a democratically elected president Turkey 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 |
| #3 His extra curricular activities have been curtailed, but he is probably better than we think him to be. Here is a good brief if you have the time. |
| Posted by: newc 2013-08-01 14:12 |
| #2 IIRC the Turks used to run 'gypt not all THAT long ago (something about the foot-stool dynasty 8^) How do the 'gyptians feel about Turks getting mouthy again? Can't imagine former colonies being too comfy with former overlords getting pushy. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2013-08-01 08:32 |
| #1 I can think of a few more "democratically elected presidents" who should be replaced by generals. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-08-01 02:43 |