Turkey carrying out secret diplomacy to meet with Morsi.

Turkey carrying out secret diplomacy to meet with Morsi.(HD).

The head of the National Intelligence Organization (MİT) met with Egypt’s toppled President Mohamed Morsi around 10 days before the military takeover, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Aug. 21.  

He said that intelligence chief Hakan Fidan had been tasked by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and also met with security officials as Ankara considered the developments in Egypt as "critical."

“I’m making it public for the first time: We are carrying out a secret diplomacy even at this moment [to meet with Morsi],” Davutoğlu told the private broadcaster Kanal 24.

Davutoğlu also criticized the court ruling on former strongman Hosni Mubarak’s release.

“The release of Mubarak while Morsi is still detained will reverse the whole process,” he said, adding that Turkey would not meet the current administration without being authorized to hold talks with Morsi.

Turkey maintained a harsh rhetoric against the military coup, calling repeatedly for Morsi’s immediate release. The ousted president has been held in custody in an undisclosed location since July 3.Hmmmm......“Thank God Almighty,” said Mr. Erdogan in 1994, when he was the mayor of Istanbul. “I am a servant of Shariah.”