Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Egypt is not an ordinary country for Turkey, stressing that there is a shared “unity of fate” between both nations. This came in an interview on the official Turkish channel TRT, where he explained that: “It is not possible to compare the Turkish-Egyptian relations with the Egyptian-Greek relations. Erdogan’s remarks are the latest in Ankara’s attempts to re-establish ties with Cairo, with Turkish leaders announcing the country’s desire to engage with Egypt in a civil manner. Relations between Egypt and Turkey have soured considerably in recent years. The Turkish Ambassador to Egypt was expelled from Cairo in 2013 and both presidents have repeatedly criticized each other.
