| All hail the new Ottoman sultanate, Recep Tayyip Erdogan presiding! See him sitting on his throne in more than oriental splendor, as his country's power and influence shrinks by the day! |
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
repeatedly condemning the "coup" and describing the military government as illegitimate.
An undersecretary from Egypt's Transport Ministry was quoted as saying that the agreement, made up of several close cooperation measures including allowing ships from both countries to use their respective waters, had significantly damaged the Egyptian national economy.
He said Cairo would not extend the agreement, which is in effect until March 2015.
Both countries downgraded their diplomatic relations after Egypt withdrew its ambassador from Turkey over Ankara's stance on the overthrow of Morsi.
Erdogan has since repeatedly slammed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who led the military takeover in July 2013, turning the "rabia" sign of the Moslem Brüderbund supporters who faced a brutal crackdown in Egypt into his rallying symbol.
A recent attempt to spark dialogue between the two countries' foreign ministers in New York was nixed after Erdogan's strongly-worded criticism at the U.N. General Assembly.