Turkey and Egypt are in the middle of a historic process. The two countries have the opportunity to change the equation in the region and especially in the Eastern Mediterranean, if the right steps are taken. Turkey has interpreted recent decisions of Egypt in the Eastern Mediterranean as a move of goodwill, and Ankara has started calls to Cairo for ...
President Erdogan, said that he “find(s) it difficult to understand Egypt” during his speech in which he announced that negotiations at the level of intelligence organizations with Egypt are still in effect. After Erdogan’s important statements, I called former Egyptian Deputy Foreign Minister Rakha Ahmed Hassan, whom I had the opportunity to meet with many times in Cairo, in order ...
“The disconnection between Turkey and Egypt has created opportunities for both countries enemies and cost both countries and the Islamic world a great deal. Ankara and Cairo have no further option but to cooperate and collaborate… why not consider making a deal similar to the one that was made with Libya?” The statements above come from Yasin Aktay, the Advisor ...
Egypt is a country of revolutions and coups. There is a constant dance between revolutionaries and the militias who enact coups after civil forces take power. Today, the people are once again on the verge of defeating Sisi’s coup by making a revolution: the second the country has seen in the span of a short few years. PROTEST, COUP AND ...