I wonder
whom he has in mind... (Hat Tip:
Joshua I).
Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated that he considers Mohammed Morsi, who
was ousted by the military in early July, to be the president of Egypt.
“Currently, my president in
Egypt is Morsi because he was elected by the people. Therefore, if we
don't consider the situation like this, we would disregard the people of
Egypt. Disregarding the will of the Egyptian people means disregarding
yourself because in Turkey we respect the will of the people. We would
respect the coup regime if they had won at the ballot box,” said Erdoğan
at a fast-breaking dinner.
Stating that it is not the duty of the army to govern the country,
Erdoğan underlined that the sole role of an army is to protect a
country's borders.
“Why is there a ballot box? From the results of the box, a government
would emerge through the will of the people and that government would
govern the country. That government may be successful or not. If the
government stops being successful, then the ballot box will come to the
fore. When it comes to the fore, then you can say that the government
has failed,” said Erdoğan.
...
Referring to the Gezi demonstrations, which
began at the end of May in protest of government plans for the
redevelopment of Gezi Park in İstanbul's Taksim Square and turned to
nation-wide anti-government protests, Erdoğan maintained that there the
incidents in Egypt and Turkey were not dissimilar.
“The origin of the incidents in both countries is the same. I will
declare what that origin is when the time comes. It is saved in our
memory cards,” said Erdoğan.
Given that he already blamed Israel for the Gezi park demonstrations, it's pretty obvious, whom he means....
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