Erdogan: Military Coup against Mursi Result of Al Saud’s Treachery.

Erdogan: Military Coup against Mursi Result of Al Saud’s Treachery.(Fars).

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan described the recent power transfer in Egypt a military coup sponsored by Saudi Arabia and an unforgivable treachery by the Wahhabi rulers in Riyadh.

"The Turkish prime minister made the remarks in a meeting on August 13 attended by Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Interior Minister Muammer Guler, National Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz, and Head of the Turkish National Intelligence Organization (MIT) Hakan Fidan," one of the aides present at the meeting told FNA.

“This act of treason by the Wahhabi rulers of Saudi Arabia is a poisonous and unfair sword used against the Muslim World which made Turkey’s plans for the Middle East to fall flat,” Erdogan said at the meeting according to the source, who asked to remain anonymous due to the confidential nature of his information.

"The Turkish foreign minister called on his political and security teams to prepare a list of activities which can make Saudi Arabia withdraw from its policies in Egypt and present them in the upcoming meetings with Erdogan," the source added.

Earlier this month, Erdogan claimed that Israel was behind the July 3 military coup in Egypt, adding that Ankara has evidence as to Israel’s involvement in President Mohamed Mursi’s overthrow.

“Now the West starts to say democracy is not the ballot box or not only the box but we know that the ballot box is the people’s will,” Erdogan said on August 20 at an expanded meeting of the provincial chairs of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Hurriyet Daily News reported.

Erdogan also criticized Persian Gulf countries that have provided financial aid to Egypt's military government, asking them whether they had ever given such support to the African Muslim countries.

“We know that there are rich people in the Islamic world, but we also know that there are poor people in need of alms. It is those rich of the Islamic world who have supported dictators,” he said.