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Africa North
Egypt says Erdogan claims over Morsi death 'irresponsible'
2019-06-21
[DAWN] Egypt's foreign minister on Thursday condemned as "irresponsible" accusations by Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
that his ousted Egyptian counterpart Mohammed Morsi had been killed.

In a statement, Sameh Shoukry strongly condemned the "repeated, irresponsible accusations by the Ottoman Turkish president about Egypt," following Morsi's death on Monday after falling ill during a court hearing.

Erdogan was a close ally of Morsi during the Islamist's turbulent single year in office and since the military overthrew him in 2013, relations between Ankara and Cairo have deteriorated sharply.

On Wednesday, Erdogan accused Egyptian authorities of failing to take action to save Morsi's life after his collapse in a Cairo courtroom.

"Morsi was struggling on the floor in the courtroom for 20 minutes.

Authorities unfortunately did not intervene to save him," Erdogan said in a televised speech in Istanbul.

"Morsi was killed. He did not die of natural causes."

Since Morsi's overthrow, former army chief, now President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi has pressed ahead with a sweeping a crackdown on dissent that has seen thousands of Islamists placed in durance vile
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
and hundreds facing death sentence
...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
s.

Egypt has accused The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...Qatar's colony in Asia Minor...
of giving refuge to runaways from the crackdown.

There has been widespread criticism of the conditions of Morsi's detention during his nearly six years in jug, much of it in solitary confinement.

The UN human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
office has called for an "independent inquiry" into Morsi's death that would "encompass all aspects of the authorities' treatment ... to examine whether the conditions of his detention had an impact on his death."

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