By Ahmed Mahmoud, Managing Editor at Ahram Online (Egypt) I still remember the day the President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi was inaugurated as Egypt’s president for his first term in 2014, and the Turkish stance on the June 30th revolution which caused deterioration in the mutual relations between the two countries. On that day, I was a guest on Nile TV ...
By Mohamed Sabreen, from Cairo / Egypt Sometimes crises intertwine and interests intersect, providing the Middle East with a “window of opportunity” to move forward. This was achieved during the unique partnership between King Faisal and President Sadat. The Cairo-Riyadh understanding contributed to the unification of the Arab states, which led to the great October War of 1973. At the ...
By Mohamed Sabreen, from Cairo / Egypt There has been much change in Egyptian-Turkish relations. It is no secret to any observer that Arab countries are uncomfortable with talk of “neo-Ottomanism,” and American and Israeli circles do not hesitate to incite against Türkiye, claiming that it seeks to revive the Ottoman Empire. There is no doubt that everyone is monitoring ...
By Mohamed Sabreen, Cairo / Egypt There is no doubt that Cairo and Ankara have made great strides in strengthening their relations. The summit between Presidents Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave tremendous momentum, prompting some to talk about a new regional order in the Middle East. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine such a regional order in ...
The agenda in Türkiye was as packed as ever. Last week, Türkiye was shaken by the protest of 15 young people putting a hood on the head of a US soldier in the city of Izmir. Another prominent development was Türkiye’s application to join BRICS. And lastly, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s visit to Türkiye made headlines. Hood on the ...
By Islam Farag, reporting from Cairo, Egypt Last February, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Egypt, a remarkable development given years of friction between the two countries. During his important visit, Cairo and Ankara signed several agreements in the fields of tourism, culture and education. At that time, the two presidents agreed to develop a working relationship on various issues, ...
Last week in Türkiye, the top agenda item was a meeting between President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Hamas leaders. The visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri to Türkiye, in connection with the hot agenda in the Middle East, was another agenda item. The credit agreement reached with the World Bank was also on the economic agenda. Meeting between Erdoğan ...
Israel continues committing genocide in Gaza. More than thirty thousand people have been killed so far. However, the responses of the states in the region to Israeli aggression have been limited, without a significant impact over the course of Israel’s actions. “Limited” moves against Israel Government officials in Türkiye, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the first place, made statements targeting ...
By Islam Farag – Cairo, Egypt The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Cairo gains its importance not only from the fact that it is the first to Egypt by a Turkish president in 12 years and after years of acute tension, but also from the fact that it comes at an extremely dangerous time in which fears ...
Islam Farag – Cairo, Egypt It seems that normalizing relations between Cairo and Ankara has already been completed, according to the expression of Turkish foreign minister Hakan Fidan. There was a major breakthrough in relations between the two countries after years of tension, on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the World Cup, which was held in Qatar in ...