Morsi and Demirel: Two Contrasting Portraits
An ancient Chinese saying goes May you live in interesting times which, could describe the dramatic developments that we witnessed this week concerning two key political figures from Egypt and Turkey, former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and longtime Turkish politician Süleyman Demirel.
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Drop the Current Line of Criticism About Turkish Foreign Policy
The popular claim that Turkey is moving away from NATO and its alliance with the West derives from the country's polarized political landscape and the opposition's anti-AK Party sentiments
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Egypt represents the heart of the Arab world. The country has the potential to create new regional trends in terms of the balance of power in the Middle East and the transformation of Islamic movements.
The election results indicate that various parties will seek to push the Ennahda Movement out of the government.
This study will dwell on the structures, opinions of Salafi groups prior to the Revolution and their political parties, political attitudes and opinions in the wake of the January 25 Revolution.
After the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak during the Arab Spring, Egypt today is passing through one of the most difficult eras in its history.
The Possibility of General Sisi's Becoming President
It is possible to say that the next step for the Egyptian Minister of Defense, General Abdel Fattah al Sisi, will be the presidential post. This is because new campaign groups and movements to support his candidacy have already surfaced.
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The Gulen Movement and the Loss of Sunni Codes
The Gulen movement will be isolated from other Islamic groups as long as it breaks the Sunni codes. The accusations against it of acting against Turkeys national interests and joining an international alliance will also continue.
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The declaration of Muslim Brotherhood, or Ikhwan, as a terror organization has been accepted as one of the most radical decisions taken since the overthrow of the President Mohammed Morsi on July 3, 2013.
For all these years, neither the Ikhwan changed the state nor did the state change the Ikhwan.
Sustaining normal relations with Egypt would not be only morally unacceptable, it also has the potential to generate significant costs to the EU, in terms of its intermediate and long term interests in the region.
