Egypt summons Turkish envoy over Erdogan slur

[HAIDER]

Egypt has warned Turkey of "further action" as it protested for the second time in a week at the Turkish premier
criticising its president and Cairo's handling of the Gaza conflict.

In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said it summoned the Turkish charge d' affaires, the highest-ranking Turkish official in the country, over comments by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan calling Sisi a "tyrant" and criticising Egypt's stance on Gaza.

The ministry said Erdogan was driven by "narrow ideological interests," referencing Turkey's support to the Muslim Brotherhood group, listed as a terrorist organisation in Egypt, and defended the legitimacy of Sisi's election.

"The continuation of the insults against Egypt and its elected leadership will undoubtedly lead to more measures from Egypt, leading to limited progress of bilateral relations," the statement said.

The statement also said that Egypt's charge d' affaires in Turkey had conveyed "a message of strong protest" to Turkish authorities.

Deteriorating relations

Erdogan made the comments in a recent interview with broadcaster CNN.

Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty told AFP news agency that the protest came after Erdogan in that interview "repeated again that Sisi was a tyrant and that Egypt has no role" in resolving the Gaza crisis.

Erdogan also denounced Sisi on July 18 as an "illegitimate tyrant", saying that Cairo could not be relied upon to negotiate a truce in Gaza.

The Turkish charge d' affaires was also summoned after that incident.

Relations between Egypt and Turkey soured after Sisi led the coup which overthrew democratically elected President Mohammed Morsi.

Egypt expelled Turkish ambassador in Cairo and withdrew its ambassador in Turkey after it called for Morsi release from prison.

Source:
Al Jazeera and agencies

 

[That Guy]

Erdogan isn't wrong. Sisi is a tyrant, and Cairo has show either extreme incompetence or a lack of action to resolve this current conflict, mostly because Sisi wants Hamas to be crushed. The original ceasefire was done without talking to Hamas, which both Egypt and Israel KNEW Hamas couldn't and wouldn't accept such a deal, as it would put Hamas in a dire situation in Gaza.

As far as I'm concerned (and I've said this before), this situation is Egypt's fault, and every single person that dies, both Palestinian and Israeli, is entirely because of Sisi.

 

[Falcon29]

Erdogan isn't wrong. Sisi is a tyrant, and Cairo has show extreme incompetence to resolve this current conflict, mostly because Sisi wants Hamas to be crushed.

He should try it himself.

 

[That Guy]

He should try it himself.

Geographical location, and sour relations with Israel prevents him from doing so. Having said that, the fact that Turkey has been campaigning hard against Israel's blockade of Gaza in recent years; diplomatically, Turkey has done a lot of damage to Israel's image among Israel's allies.

Look at the actions the US has taken recently, they're not as enthusiastic to support Israel as they were during the last Gaza offensive, and have mostly kept quiet about Turkey's criticism of Israel, which 5-6 years ago, would have been unthinkable.

 

[Arabian Legend]

Erdogan isn't wrong. Sisi is a tyrant, and Cairo has show either extreme incompetence or a lack of action to resolve this current conflict, mostly because Sisi wants Hamas to be crushed. The original ceasefire was done without talking to Hamas, which both Egypt and Israel KNEW Hamas couldn't and wouldn't accept such a deal, as it would put Hamas in a dire situation in Gaza.

As far as I'm concerned (and I've said this before), this situation is Egypt's fault, and every single person that dies, both Palestinian and Israeli, is entirely because of Sisi.

The current president of Egypt Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi has been democratically elected to lead Egypt so I failed to understand the position of Erdogan in criticizing Egypt given the fact that Egypt has fought tooth and nail for Palestine. Read about Arab-Israel wars and the Egyptian role. While Turkey efforts in regard to Palestine case is not that significant nor noteworthy to be mentioned. Since Mr Erdogan is in love with the MB then he should adopt their ideology in his homeland and keep his nose out of other's internal affairs. Palestine on the other hand isn't Hamas nor Hamas is a representative of the Palestinians.

Care to share your though for blaming Al-sisi for the life loss on both side Palestine and Israel ! Egypt is sovereign country with its own political vision and that means no outsider dictations are to be accepted ! Also you need to substantiate your claim that al-sisi wants Hamas to be squashed. Has Egypt issued such a thing in that matter or the blubber is just a personal speculation?

Geographical location, and sour relations with Israel prevents him from doing so. Having said that, the fact that Turkey has been campaigning hard against Israel's blockade of Gaza in recent years; diplomatically, Turkey has done a lot of damage to Israel's image among Israel's allies.

Look at the actions the US has taken recently, they're not as enthusiastic to support Israel as they were during the last Gaza offensive, and have mostly kept quiet about Turkey's criticism of Israel, which 5-6 years ago, would have been unthinkable.

What a diplomatic camping is worth nowadays? Just like the Iranian regime empty slogans every now and then.

 

[Falcon29]

The current president of Egypt Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi has been democratically elected to lead Egypt so I failed to understand the position of Erdogan in criticizing Egypt given the fact that Egypt has fought tooth and nail for Palestine.

He's criticizing the current administration, not Egypt or its people.

Since Mr Erdogan is in love with the MB then he should adopt their ideology in his homeland and keep his nose out of other's internal affairs.

Anybody can have an ideology, it doesn't mean it dictates ones affairs. Why do you have such a problem with people identifying with MB ideology? And what is this 'ideology' to you?

Palestine on the other hand isn't Hamas nor Hamas is a representative of the Palestinians.

First part made no sense. Second part, to a degree yes they are. More recently, the unity government represents the Palestinians.

Egypt is sovereign country with its own political vision and that means no outsider dictations are to be accepted !

What dictations?

Also you need to substantiate your claim that al-sisi wants Hamas to be squashed. Has Egypt issued such a thing in that matter or the blubber is just a personal speculation?

This is so usual from you guys. If they don't scream it out loud to the public then well it must not mean anything. Even though we can observe this from his actions.

The Israeli military just announced that they are going to significantly expand their offensive. Yet, Egypt under Sisi is not modifying the cease fire proposal to fit any demands of the Palestinian people.

So he is sanctioning violence against the Palestinians directly. There's no point in agreeing to a cease fire which wouldn't change anything for the Palestinian people after over a 1,000 have been killed.

It would mean unemployement will increase and Egypt will keep trying to do everything to make Gaza unlivable until Hamas completely pulls out and welcomes PA. This is what your country and Egypt want.

 

[abdulrauf akhtar]

Muslim countries has formed their group's in the middle east for their own petty in trust and are not working for the Muslim cause . For that reason there are getting hurt one by one but still not understanding what's going on with them . Monarchies which were developed 100 year's ago are again in trouble . Saudi Arab which have to be a natural Muslim is not performing it's role neither leaving the position for some one else to perform on his behalf this the reason that countries are unable to unite under one umbrella . Time has come to get rid of Saudi monarchy and install a reasonable government which can lead Muslim world .

 

[hussain0216]

The bottom line is Erdogan isn't wrong

sisi and the egyptians are scum to the core and are colluding with israel to crush Palestine

They are turning away aid and are selling themselves to the jews and americans to get political support in exchange for Palestinian blood

I am conflicted as to what term really describes the egyptians in their current state

 

[ResurgentIran]

The bottom line is Erdogan isn't wrong

sisi and the egyptians are scum to the core and are colluding with israel to crush Palestine

They are turning away aid and are selling themselves to the jews and americans to get political support in exchange for Palestinian blood

I am conflicted as to what term really describes the egyptians in their current state

You should point the criticisms/insult to the government only and not Egyptian people.

 

[jamal18]

The bottom line is Erdogan isn't wrong

sisi and the egyptians are scum to the core and are colluding with israel to crush Palestine

They are turning away aid and are selling themselves to the jews and americans to get political support in exchange for Palestinian blood

I am conflicted as to what term really describes the egyptians in their current state

Erdogan is right, Egypt is working hand in hand with Israel in the siege of Gaza.

And didn't Hamas win 70% of the votes in the election? In any democratic country, that would make them the legitimate government.

 

[That Guy]

The current president of Egypt Abdul Fattah Al-Sisi has been democratically elected to lead Egypt so I failed to understand the position of Erdogan in criticizing Egypt given the fact that Egypt has fought tooth and nail for Palestine. Read about Arab-Israel wars and the Egyptian role. While Turkey efforts in regard to Palestine case is not that significant nor noteworthy to be mentioned. Since Mr Erdogan is in love with the MB then he should adopt their ideology in his homeland and keep his nose out of other's internal affairs. Palestine on the other hand isn't Hamas nor Hamas is a representative of the Palestinians.

Care to share your though for blaming Al-sisi for the life loss on both side Palestine and Israel ! Egypt is sovereign country with its own political vision and that means no outsider dictations are to be accepted ! Also you need to substantiate your claim that al-sisi wants Hamas to be squashed. Has Egypt issued such a thing in that matter or the blubber is just a personal speculation?

Yeah, about that, Egypt in the past may have, but currently, Egypt has shown nothing but contempt for not just Hamas, but Palestine in general. Why did they take so long to say "Hey, lets negotiate", and then proceeded to negotiate with Israel, without even consulting Hamas at all? That's a sign of not being serious.

Next, Sisi was "elected", but not democratically. He was elected the same way Mubarak was, and Syria's Assad was. The elections were a sham, with the opposition being restricted in their campaigning. To call the elections in Egypt legitimate, it's a complete joke.

With Turkey's role, again, in the past it was not significant, but Turkey has for the last 15 years positioned itself to a regional power. They've done a lot of diplomatic campaigning, and to say that it's efforts were fruitless, that's ignoring reality. Turkey has damaged Israel image among Israel's allies, and has shown that it is willing to do what it must. Erdogan was planning to visit Gaza, and was only stopped because Egypt stopped him. Tell me, when was the last time that an Egyptian leader visited Gaza?

You want to talk about worthlessness, you need only to look at Egypt's role.

What a diplomatic camping is worth nowadays? Just like the Iranian regime empty slogans every now and then.

Diplomatic campaigning is worth everything nowadays, in fact, it's more important than ever. It's funny how you mention Iran when talking about diplomacy, because diplomacy is what has been helping Iran get out of it's isolated position in the international community.