When heading to the local elections where Istanbul is in the center, many events and names are on the agenda. Alliances, separations, betrayals, purges, openings come one after another… It will be incomplete to evaluate what’s happening inside only with a perspective rising from within our borders. The Hamas attack on October 7 and Israel’s disproportionate response accelerated the region’s journey to its destination. Therefore, we should look at the elections not locally but regionally. In my opinion… Let’s go step by step if you wish…<\/p>\n
Obama, Trump, and Biden all fully supported Sisi, who came to power in Egypt through a coup. For example, Trump said, “If anyone has any doubts, I want to make it clear, we are very much behind Sisi.” Obama initiated the strategic partnership. Biden continued it. Sisi said in the White House, “Political Islam is responsible for the protests… As long as political Islam tries to come to power in our country, incompetence will prevail.” President Trump also supported this by saying, “Before Sisi, there was no order, there was chaos.” So, under the guise of fighting Al-Qaeda, the U.S. was actually making a move against political Islam. Especially the U.S. saw Hamas, IHVAN as the representative of political Islam\u2026 But Hamas was in the lead role in the region. It was a great and unshakable truth… So what would happen? Where would it lead to? Let’s open it up… Let’s walk with Mursi…<\/p>\n
Mohammed Mursi was born in 1951 in the El-Adwah village in the Sharqia region of the Nile Delta. Mursi studied engineering at Cairo University in the 1970s and then went to the United States for his Ph.D. Upon his return to Egypt, he became the head of the engineering department at Zagazig University. Parallel to his scientific career, he quickly rose in the Muslim Brotherhood movement. He served as an independent member of parliament affiliated with the movement from 2000 to 2005. Mohammed Mursi, as a member of parliament, especially stood out with his oratory skills. In 2002, he gained attention with his criticism of officials following a train accident. Mursi was chosen as the presidential candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2012. A millionaire businessman, Hayrat El-Shatir, who held an important position within the same movement, was forced to withdraw from the race due to pressure. Thus, the Arab Spring was leading Mursi to power.<\/p>\n
Mursi introduced himself during his election campaign as a “barricade” against the possibility of the eliminated president Hosni Mubarak’s return. Naturally, when he won the election, the Muslim Brotherhood came to the forefront. His promise to “be the president of everyone” seemed unfulfilled. He initiated CONSTITUTIONAL WORK. Even the DRAFT was enough to stir up the country. Liberals, secularists, and the Coptic Church boycotted the efforts. With the RESISTANCE MOVEMENT, its supporters took to the streets against Mursi. Things got chaotic. Dozens of people died. The military briefly left the quarters. When peace did not come, they returned to duty. The path to a coup was clear. Sisi made the final move.<\/p>\n
Sisi intervened in the events with the motto “It could lead to the collapse of the state.” Mursi was taken away, and he was not heard from for weeks. He was arrested. He was tried. The leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood were also arrested. Some fled. The coup against Hamas-Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt had reached its 10th year. In the global league, HAMAS-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD was the “OTHER”! It was a GLOBAL THREAT for the U.S. Their future was being calculated, and probably, their elimination was being facilitated. Mursi’s departure through a COUP in 2013 was also critical for the region. Significant developments were also taking place in Turkiye and Qatar. Turkiye was drifting away from the U.S. due to the operations on October 17 and 25 and the road leading to July 15. Turkiye was also joining the path opened by Mursi.<\/p>\n
Sisi was preventing this path with a coup, and he was parking the country next to Washington. Especially after 2013, the increasingly tense relationship between Turkiye and the U.S. was standing out as both sides of the relationship. As I have been writing frequently in recent days, I see a close approach between Washington and ANKARA both internally and externally. In ECONOMIC-POLITICAL-MILITARY-STRATEGIC sense…<\/p>\n