Turkey: Egyptian opposition media urged to "tone down" on al-Sisi

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi during a visit to Sudan on March 6, 2021 (illustrative image).

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As Turkey has attempted in recent weeks to mend its relations with Egypt, opposition Egyptian media outlets based in Istanbul have been urged to "

 tone down 

" on the power of Abdel Fatah al-Sisi.

A week ago, the Turkish Foreign Minister announced the "

resumption

" of "

diplomatic contacts

" between Ankara and Cairo for the first time since the overthrow, in 2013, of Mohamed Morsi, Egyptian president from the Muslim Brotherhood.

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With our correspondent in Istanbul,

Anne Andlauer

Since last fall, whenever the Turkish leaders have raised the idea of ​​a rapprochement with Egypt, the authorities in Cairo have always responded with caution and by formulating a demand: that Ankara abandon its positions deemed hostile to Egypt. with regard to Egyptian power.

In the official speech, this has already been the case for several months.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who regularly called his counterpart

Abdel Fatah al-Sisi

a " 

coup leader

 ", now refrains from criticizing him in public.

Egyptian opposition media based in the country have therefore received the same instruction.

The opponent Ayman Nour, head of the El-Sharq television launched in Istanbul in 2014, thus confirmed having recently had an " 

interview 

" with Turkish officials, who would have asked him to "

 lower the tone

 " with regard to power. Egyptian.

The injunction also applies to other media broadcasting from the Turkish metropolis and close, for some, to the Muslim Brotherhood. 

Without confirming these warnings, Yasin Aktay, an adviser to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, denied that Turkey was considering deporting or delivering to Cairo journalists or Egyptian opponents who took refuge in its territory.

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