May 13, 2021 at 12:38 pm Cairo and Ankara have been on opposite sides for much of the last eight years. Ankara saw the rise of President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi to power in 2013 and the imprisonment of its ally, former President Mohamed Morsi, as a blatant coup against the democratically-elected president in Egypt. An angered Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the Egyptian government of killing Morsi after he passed away in jail on 19 June, 2019. President Al-Sisi, on the other hand, viewed Turkey's unfriendly rhetoric and negative media campaign towards him within the larger regional context of vying for power and influence. Erdogan believed that the Egyptian military, led by Al-Sisi, forced Ankara's regional political ally, the Muslim Brotherhood, out of power, despite winning the elections in 2012. The Turkish leader is regionally seen as the leader of political Islam in the area, and he is also a source of inspiration for all Muslim Brotherhood parties in Egypt, Libya and beyond.