In egypt, authorities closed the office in Cairo for the news agency, the Turkish Anadolu

BURST the crisis between Egypt and Turkey, long at loggerheads. The Office of correspondence of the agency, the Turkish Anadolu in Cairo, and it was suddenly closed and 4 employees, including a Turkish journalist, arrested.

The accusation made against them by the egyptian government: you have published false news, and activities without the necessary authorisation. The ministry of Interior, Cairo has made known that the other three stopped, waiting for the interrogation, all employees of the press agency official in turkey, are the egyptians.

The reaction of Ankara was immediate. Turkey has convened at the ministry of Foreign affairs the charge of the affairs of egypt, to express their opposition to the decision taken at the Cairo vis-à-vis the media, which is almost the official the Country. "This act of violence against the agency Anatolia," reads the press release of the ministry - will show you not only the hostility of the leadership to the egyptian to the free press, but also the severe conditions which affect democracy and transparency". The request of Ankara is that of the immediate release of the employees of the agency.

The friction between Ankara and Cairo are now evident: the rivals, the geopolitical chessboard of the Middle East, the two Countries are on opposite sides also in the area of north Africa, especially after the intervention of Turkey in the crisis in Libya, bordering Egypt.

diplomatic relations have strongly deteriorated since the egyptian army has removed from power president Mohammed Morsi , who died last year, near the head of the Turkish State, Recep Tayyip Erdogan , both allies in the group of the muslim Brotherhood. In recent months there have been frictions between Ankara and Cairo, which have also included the jurisdiction and maritime resources offshore in the eastern Mediterranean.

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