Egypt

Prime Minister Erdoğan Advocates Democratic Ways to Win Over People of Egypt

Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan came to Cairo to speak. In his speech he advocated for the spread of democracy throughout the Arab lands, using the work of his party as an example for the cohabitation of democracy and Islam. He brought with him approximately 200 business people, seemingly in hope of increasing trade relations in Northern Africa. He also criticized the government of Israel, to the delight of the Egyptian citizens.

The Prime Minister seems to be trying to relate to the Egyptian people in order to win them over business opportunities. Egyptians are predominately Islamic and have recently partaken in the government upheavals in their part of the world. Erdoğan seems to be attempting to identify with the Egyptian citizens by laying before them his party as an example of what they would want in a government. The response to his speech was positive, possibly leading to the people of Egypt to trust him. At first one would think that he was only offering ideas of hope for the Egyptian people. But being that he has already opened ties with Libya, another North African country, it would not be impossible for him to want to do the same in Egypt.

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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=pm-to-give-turkey-as-example-to-region-2011-09-12

http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2011-09/erdogan-aegypten-reise

September 13, 2011 at 3:41 pm