Erdogan still maintains close ties with Muslim Brotherhood despite rapprochement with Sisi - Nordic Monitor

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Erdogan still maintains close ties with Muslim Brotherhood despite rapprochement with Sisi - Nordic Monitor

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Following Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Ankara on September 4, a new chapter began in the once-strained relations between Turkey and Egypt. As Erdogan curtails or limits the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is critical of Sisi, he continues in Turkey to extend support to groups linked to the Brotherhood abroad. This delicate balancing act highlig…