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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 497

Egypt-Turkey relations

In this handout photo released by Turkish Presidency, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, shakes hands with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi during their meeting at Al-Ittihadiya palace in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 14, 2024. (Turkish Presidency via AP)
September 4, 2024, 12:10 pm
Egypt’s Sissi heads to Turkey for 1st presidential visit in 12 years amid warming ties
Trip comes as countries plan some 20 agreements on gas, defense, tourism; leaders to also discuss Israel-Hamas war, Israeli operations in the West Bank
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, is welcomed by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi prior their meeting in Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 14, 2024. (Turkish Presidency via AP)
February 14, 2024, 6:33 pm
Turkey’s Erdogan to discuss Gaza war with Sissi in 1st Egypt visit since 2012
Hamas delegation also expected in Cairo, day after Israeli team held talks there on potential hostage deal; relations between Egypt and Turkey are thawing after ties cut in 2013
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, right, meets with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Egypt, March 18, 2023. (Amr Nabil/AP)
July 4, 2023, 11:35 am
Turkey and Egypt reappoint ambassadors, ending a decade of tensions
Regional powers say move meant to normalize relations; hostility flared when Egypt ousted president who hailed from Muslim Brotherhood, a group supported by Ankara
By AP
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, right, meets with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu at Tahrir Palace in Cairo, Egypt, March 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
March 18, 2023, 1:20 pm
Turkey’s top diplomat visits Cairo in effort to mend ties after years of tensions
Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu is highest-ranking Ankara official to formally visit in over decade, apparently for talks on Libya, tensions over Mediterranean gas exploration
By Samy Magdy
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at a press conference at the presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 17, 2021. (Burhan Ozbilici/AP)
November 29, 2021, 6:04 pm
Erdogan says Turkey seeking to mend troubled ties with Israel
After smoothing over tensions with the UAE, Turkish leader indicates detentes with Jerusalem and Cairo are next on his agenda, including the return of ambassadors
By AFP and ToI Staff
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi attends the Qader 2021 military exercise, July 4, 2021 (YouTube screen capture)
July 7, 2021, 12:01 pm
Egypt uses military to send firm message to newly conciliatory Turkey
Despite quiet talks between the two rivals, base opening and military exercises show Sissi not ready to accept Erdogan’s overtures
By Lazar Berman
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, March 10, 2021 (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)
March 13, 2021, 10:22 am
Turkey renews diplomatic contacts with Egypt, says wants ties with other nations
As Ankara says it’s ready to break its isolation in face of potential EU sanctions and tough line from US, Erdogan reaches out to rivals
By Burcin Gercek
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi meets Egyptian Petroleum Minister Tarek El-Molla meet in Jerusalem, February 21, 2021 (photo credit: MFA)
February 22, 2021, 3:02 am
Rare visit to Israel by Egypt’s oil minister sends signals to Biden, Erdogan
The trip, following similar delegations of Greek and Cypriot leaders, is intended to show that the regional allies are united and coordinated, when dealing with friends and foes
By Lazar Berman
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses mourners as he attends a symbolic funeral ceremony for the former Egyptian president on June 18, 2019, at Fatih mosque in Istanbul. (Stringer/AFP)
June 19, 2019, 5:54 pm
Turkish leader says Egypt’s Morsi was ‘killed,’ vows justice
Erdogan, a close ally of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, charges that former president ‘did not die of natural causes’
By AFP
Turkish President and the leader of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during his party's campaign rally in Altindag district of Ankara, Turkey on February 20, 2019. (Photo by Adem ALTAN / AFP)
February 24, 2019, 4:04 pm
Turkish President Erdogan lashes out at Sissi over Egypt executions
After Cairo sentences to death nine suspected Muslim Brotherhood members, Ankara says its judiciary, elections are ‘codswallop’
By AFP
Illustrative image of Egyptian riot police standing guard behind barbed wire while protesters chant anti Muslim Brotherhood slogans, not pictured, during a demonstration in front of the presidential palace, in Cairo, Egypt, December 4 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Nasser)
November 22, 2017, 4:33 pm
Egypt detains 29 on charges they spied for Turkey
Suspected members of Muslim Brotherhood allegedly eavesdropped on phone calls, using info to incite against government
By AP
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Egypt's former president Mohammed Morsi salute the members of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party in Ankara, Turkey in Sept. 2012 (photo credit: AP/Kayhan Ozer)
August 20, 2016, 4:17 pm
Turkish PM: We want to repair ties with Egypt
Yildirim says it will take time to restore normal relations, which nosedived when Egyptian army deposed Morsi in 2013
By AFP
The UN Security Council votes at United Nations Headquarters in New York, December 10, 2015. (AFP/Don Emmert)
July 17, 2016, 1:48 am
Egypt blocks UN text backing Turkish government
Amid coup attempt, proposed Security Council resolution was seen by Cairo as too supportive of opponent Erdogan
By AFP
People take to the street in support of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan July 16, 2016 in Antalya, Turkey. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images/AFP)
July 16, 2016, 10:52 pm
Egyptian media prematurely hailed Erdogan overthrow
Newspapers announced Turkish leader’s ouster even as strongman loathed by Cairo quashed coup attempt
By Brian Rohan
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses people gathered for a traditional "iftar" Muslim feast at his palace in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, June 27, 2016. (Murat Cetinmuhurdar, Presidential Press Service, Pool via AP)
July 5, 2016, 4:38 pm
Turkey rules out Egypt thaw despite diplomatic blitz
Erdogan, irked at Cairo’s crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood, says ‘context’ is different from Israel, Russia
By AFP
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