Erdogan blames Egypt ‘tyrants’ for Morsi’s death 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday blamed Egypt’s “tyrants” for the death of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi who died in a Cairo hospital after fainting during a court session. Relations between Turkey and Egypt have been virtually non-existent since the Egyptian military, then led by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, in 2013 ousted Islamist president Morsi. Erdogan has strongly denounced Morsi’s ouster as a “coup” and called for the release of Muslim Brotherhood prisoners in Egypt. The West has remained silent,” Erdogan said, accusing European Union member states of turning a blind eye to executions in Egypt.

Source: Manila Bulletin June 17, 2019 23:26 UTC