Turkish politician urges Egypt to ‘establish democracy’

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Al-Araby

Deputy Chairman of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, Numan Kurtulmus, called on the Egyptian government Monday to take concrete steps in “establishing democracy” in the country, as Ankara and Cairo slowly work on mending ties. The Turkish politician said in an interview withAl Jazeera on Monday night that Egypt should take a “decisive position on the establishment of democracy”. He added that Turkey never had a problem with the Egyptian people but rather with the 2013 military coup that led to the overthrow of Egypt’s democratically-elected government. This was on the basis that T…

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