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Citizens of Egypt regard Turkey as a leading country in the Muslim world, and a significant number of Egyptians have said they would fight for Turkey, despite the ongoing propaganda campaign of the regime of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, according to recent research shows.
According to a survey by the research firm Areda, conducted with the participation of 1,047 people in Egypt from August 20 to 27, 31.4% of Egyptians said that they consider Turkey a leading country in the Muslim world alongside Egypt. While 10.4% said Saudi Arabia, 6.2% chose the United Arab Emirates (UAE), 1.6% said Qatar, 1% said Pakistan and 0.5% said Iran. Another 9.7% said “other” and 39.2% said “none”.
In response to a question on whether they would fight for Turkey in wartime, 15.3% of the participants said “yes”.
Respondents also expressed their dissatisfaction with the country’s administration, as 41.6% said they were not satisfied with it and 18.4% said they were undecided.
A whopping 48.5% said they would not vote for el-Sissi if elections were held in the country, while 35% said they would vote for him and 16.5% said they were undecided.
Meanwhile, in response to a question on whether the Egyptian authorities were making independent decisions without being affected by other countries, 48.6% said “no”, 41.4% said “yes” and 10% said no. had idea.
Relations between Turkey and Egypt deteriorated after el-Sissi ousted the country’s first democratically elected president, Mohammed Morsi, in a coup after just one year in office.
The military then crushed the Muslim Brotherhood movement in a major offensive, arresting Morsi and many of the group’s leaders, who have been in prison undergoing multiple trials since the coup.
Morsi, who had diabetes and kidney disease, collapsed and died during a trial in June 2019. Morsi’s family said he died because he had not been given proper medical treatment.
Egypt under el-Sissi has been conducting a campaign against Turkey and has arrested Turkish tourists visiting the country.
Egypt has also aligned itself with the United Arab Emirates in Libya and with Greece in the Eastern Mediterranean crisis against Turkey.
