27 June 2014
Source: Middle East Monitor
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised his
country's president, Abdullah Gul, in front of EU ambassadors in Turkey.
The criticism came during a meeting between Erdogan and EU
ambassadors over dinner, when Erdogan criticised Gul's congratulations
for Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, the leader of the recent coup in Egypt, upon
his assumption of the post of the presidency. Jordan' s As-Sabeel
newspaper quoted Erdogan as saying: "I must be honest, this
congratulations to me holds no meaning, because it is not possible to
offer congratulations to a coup leader."
Erdogan said that Egypt still plays a pivotal role in the future of
the Middle East, expressing his wishes for Egypt and its people to enjoy
actual democracy and stressing that his government's attitude towards
Egypt stems from this point.
He added that Egypt's legitimate president, Mohamad Morsi, who came
to power after winning a popular election with 54 per cent of the vote,
was deliberately isolated to allow the army to bring about a military
coup against a democratically elected government.
Erdogan stressed that the Turkish position has not changed on the
issue of Egypt, and he criticised those countries that are avoiding
calling what happened in Egypt a coup and accepting what he called the
recent non-transparent sham of an election.
Link: www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/12400-erdogan-criticises-gul-for-congratulating-al-sisi-we-do-not-congratulate-coups.
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