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Turkey rounds up plot suspects after thwarting coup against Erdogan
Turkish authorities rounded up nearly 3,000 suspected military plotters on Saturday and ordered thousands of judges detained after thwarting a coup by rebels using tanks and attack helicopters to try to topple President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey’s Erodgan safe as group in military attempts coup, presidential source says
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is safe, a presidential source said on Friday, adding that a statement made on behalf of the armed forces announcing a takeover of the government was not authorised by the military command.
In court, defiant Morsi says he is still Egypt’s president
Ousted Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi, given his first public forum since his overthrow in a trial where he could face execution, declared on Monday he was still Egypt\’s legitimate president and shouted: \”Down with military rule!\”
Lessons for Brotherhood and why Turkey is still the model for Egypt
Let me start by saying that Turkey needs to believe that the right thing to do is to act together with Israel, and that it must embrace the language of friendship. If Turkey is allied with Israel, the scourges raining down on the region would be resolved in a short period of time.
Egyptian army threatens to shoot violent protesters
Egypt\’s army threatened on Thursday to shoot those who use violence in a stark warning before what both sides expect will be a bloody street showdown between Islamists and opponents of deposed President Mohamed Morsi.
U.S. lawmakers may ease ‘coup’ ban on aid to Egypt
U.S. lawmakers will begin to vote as soon as next week on legislation that could continue aid to Egypt even if the Obama administration determines that the ouster of elected President Mohamed Mursi was a military coup, lawmakers and aides said on Thursday.
Tough congressional language limits Obama’s Egypt options
When it comes to foreign assistance, American law couldn’t be clearer: A coup d’etat suspends funding, period.
The power and the mandate in Egypt
Mohamed Morsi is now out, and it is virtually impossible for him to pull off a personal comeback in the near future. His downfall is a result of his and the Muslim Brotherhood’s unsophisticated view of democracy in conjunction their naïve assumption that they had real power.
U.S. declines to criticize Egypt’s military as it ousts Morsi
The United States declined on Wednesday to criticize Egypt\’s military, even as it was ousting Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi from power.