Commenting on Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan\u2019s remakes which cast a shadow of skepticism about member of ousted President Mohamed Morsi\u2019s death, Egypt Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said that such \u201cirresponsible\u201d remakes are substandard. <\/p>\n
Shoukry stressed Egypt\u2019s full denouncement and readiness to challenge any threats. <\/p>\n
\u201cErdo\u011fan\u2019s behavior, his consistent engagement in futile quarrels, and constant fabrications all reflect a desire to deflect attention from his domestic transgressions and to serve electoral purposes,\u201d said Shoukry. <\/p>\n
The Turkish president claimed that the Egyptian authorities \u201cmurdered\u201d Morsi, describing his death as \u201cassassination\u201d. In his speech at Istanbul-held conference on Turkish domestic re-election, Erdo\u011fan said that Morsi fainted at the court for 20 minutes and the Egyptian authorities did not provide a relief immediately, Anadolu Agency reported. <\/p>\n
Erdo\u011fan added that his country will do its best to sue the Egyptian authorities at the international courts, calling on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to take an action concerning his accusations. <\/p>\n
Morsi passed away during his retrial on charges of spying for Hamas on June 17 at a Cairo Criminal Court. Immediately, Egypt\u2019s Attorney General Nabil issued a statement detailing the circumstance around his death, saying \u201cNo recent injuries were found on the body.\u201d <\/p>\n
Egypt\u2019s Shoukry replied \u201cSuch idle talk that pervades his speeches and statements confirms the reality of his ties to the terrorist (Muslim) Brotherhood, which is an integral element in his narrow agenda that seeks to gain power by embracing and proliferating the extremist ideology formulated by the terrorist Brotherhood and adopted by al-Qaeda, Daesh, and other terrorist organizations.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cSuch an ideology has been utilized to propagate conflict and shed innocent blood, not to mention interfering in the internal affairs of states that such statements and courses of action represent,\u201d Shoukry said. <\/p>\n
\u201cThese statements are manifestly slanderous and are nothing but a source of derision and sarcasm; this whole matter is one more item to be added to the long list of transgressions that are not worthy of the standing of the brotherly Turkish people,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Shortly after the foreign minister\u2019s comments, Erdogan told media reports at his residency in Istanbul on Thursday that the Egyptian government\u2019s remarks on Morsi\u2019s death are doubted by the public opinion in Egypt, calling on the United Nations to investigate into the death of Morsi, Anadolu Agency reported. <\/p>\n
The Tit-for-tat attitude between Egypt and Turkey has brought back the war of words between the two sides at the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2014, when Erdo\u011fan described the overthrow of Morsi by the military following June 30 Revolution as \u201ca military coup\u201d. <\/p>\n
He said \u201cThose who are objecting to the murders in Iraq and Syria and the murder of democracy in Egypt are subjected to certain unfair and groundless accusations and are most immediately accused of supporting terrorism.\u201d <\/p>\n
However, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry replied at that time \u201cThe Turkish president\u2019s speech represents disregard and clampdown for the will of the Egyptian people that was embodied on June 30.\u201d <\/p>\n
Since the ouster of former President Morsi in July 2013, the relations between both sides have become strained. On Nov. 23, 2013, Egypt downgraded bilateral diplomatic relations with Turkey when it declared Turkish Ambassador Hussein Botsali a persona non grata. <\/p>\n
Egypt Today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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