Erdoğan attends symbolic funeral prayer in Istanbul for Morsi
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday attended a funeral prayer in absentia [held at historic Fatih mosque located in Istanbul] for Egypt's first democratically-elected President Morsi, passed away during a court appearance in the Egyptian capital Cairo on 17th of June.
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- Published Date: 03:14 | 18 June 2019
- Modified Date: 09:43 | 18 June 2019
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday attended an Istanbul prayer service for former Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi who died after collapsing during a trial hearing in a Cairo court Monday.
"Whether it was a normal death, or there were some other elements involved, this [Morsi's death] was suspicious. Personally, I do not believe that it was a normal death," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, speaking after the funeral prayer in Istanbul's Fatih Mosque.
Morsi, Egypt's first democratically-elected president, died during a court appearance on Monday.
A leading member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood group, he won the country's first free presidential election in 2012.
After only one year in office, however, he was ousted and imprisoned in a bloody military coup led by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt's then defense minister and current president.
At the time of his death, Morsi faced a host of legal charges, which he along with numerous human rights groups and independent observers said were politically motivated.