Egypt's foreign ministry said on Saturday it had asked the Turkish ambassador to leave the country, according state-run news agency MENA.
Badr Abdel-Atti, spokesperson of the foregin ministry, said that Egypt has also withdrawn its Ambassador AbdelRahman Fahmy from Turkey and lessened its diplomatic presence there. Abel-Atti said in a press conference on Saturday that the decision came after an accumulation of stances that the Turkish government has taken lately like the prime minister's call to release deposed Mohamed Morsy from prison and Turkey's hosting of numerous Brotherhood conferences.
The ministry said in a statement that Egypt had declared the Turkish ambassador persona non grata.
