ANKARA Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel was behind last months military coup in Egypt.
Erdogan told a meeting of the provincial chairs of his ruling Justice and Development, or AKP, party that he has evidence that Israel was involved in the July 3 overthrow of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, the Turkish Hurriyet news service reported.
Who is behind this? Israel. We have evidence, the prime minister said, according to Hurriyet.
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He cited as proof a statement by a French intellectual he identified as Jewish, who told the Israeli justice minister during a visit to France before Egypts 2011 elections, The Muslim Brotherhood will not be in power even if they win the elections. Because democracy is not the ballot box, Hurriyet reported.
Turkey downgraded diplomatic ties with Israel and later expelled Israels ambassador following the Mavi Marmara flotilla incident in May, 2010 that resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish nationals in a confrontation with Israeli Navy commandos. The ship was trying to evade Israels maritime blockade of the Gaza Strip.
