Erdoğan dismisses any rapprochement with Egypt, 'No Election took part in Egypt'

Erdoğan dismisses any rapprochement with Egypt, 'No Election took part in Egypt' (TZ).

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has indicated that there is no possibility of a thaw in Turkey's relations with Egypt over Gaza, saying any rapprochement with the coup administration would contradict Turkey's democratic struggle, Al Jazeera Turk reported.

When asked why Turkey does not take a step towards better relations with Egypt, which will play a key role in any future solution in the Gaza conflict, Erdoğan underlined “Turkey's struggle for democracy.”

He said, as a person who believes in democracy, it is not possible for him to accept a military coup that took place only a year after former President Mohammed Morsi was democratically elected to power.

 I do not want to contradict my personal values and principles,” he was reported as saying by Al Jazeera. (Read 'I Don't contradict the Muslim Brotherhood')

During the interview, Erdoğan also disagreed with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's position as president and receiving more than 95 percent of votes, saying, “No election took place in Egypt.” “It was a controlled election,” he reportedly said, adding that the president who came to power by democratic election, Morsi, has been imprisoned.Read the full story here.