Erdogan: Turkey's mission to stand against coups

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Wednesday that it was Turkey's mission was to stand against military coups for "Turkey was a nation which grew up with military coups", Anadolu Agency reported.

Speaking at a fast breaking dinner hosted by a civil servants' union in Ankara, Erdogan reiterated his country's strong opposition against the military coup in Egypt.

"A political power which received 52 percent of popular vote has been toppled with tanks," he said of last week removal of Egypt first democratically elected President Mohammad Morsi from office.

Egyptian military chief and Defense Minister Abdel Fatah al-Sisi had announced the head of the constitutional court as the new interim president of Egypt until presidential elections were held.



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