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| Egypt expels Turkish ambassador | Egypt expels Turkish ambassador |
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| Egypt has told the Turkish ambassador to leave the country and downgraded relations between the two countries. | Egypt has told the Turkish ambassador to leave the country and downgraded relations between the two countries. |
| Egypt's foreign ministry blamed Turkey's continued "interference" in its country's internal affairs. | Egypt's foreign ministry blamed Turkey's continued "interference" in its country's internal affairs. |
| Turkey's diplomatic representation has been lowered to the level of charge d'affaires, the ministry said in a statement. Egypt has already recalled its ambassador from Turkey. | Turkey's diplomatic representation has been lowered to the level of charge d'affaires, the ministry said in a statement. Egypt has already recalled its ambassador from Turkey. |
| Turkey has criticised the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. | Turkey has criticised the overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. |
| Egypt has been in turmoil since Mr Morsi was deposed in July. | |
| Thousands of Muslim Brotherhood members have been detained in a crackdown the interim authorities have portrayed as a struggle against "terrorism". | |
| Hundreds of people have also been killed in clashes with security forces. | |
| Bitter row | |
| Turkey has been a vocal critic of Mr Morsi's removal and the military's actions, describing it as an "unacceptable coup". | |
| Cairo's decision to expel ambassador Huseyin Avni Botsali comes a day after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for the release of Mr Morsi. | |
| Speaking on Saturday, Egypt's Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty said Turkey was "attempting to influence public opinion against Egyptian interests, supported meetings of organisations that seek to create instability in the country". | |
| Relations between Egypt and Turkey have deteriorated since July. | |
| The two countries recalled their ambassadors following the violent dispersal of pro-Morsi protest camps in August. | |
| Turkey's ambassador to Cairo returned in September, but the Egyptian ambassador to Turkey was never reinstalled. | |
| Mr Erdogan, like Mr Morsi, has his roots in political Islam. Ankara and Istanbul have hosted a series of meetings of the international Muslim Brotherhood. |