Over the past few days, the pace of rapprochement between Egypt and TurkeyAfter talks between the two countries began with actual measures to achieve reconciliation, the Muslim Brotherhood’s media role came.
The Brotherhood broadcaster, Mohamed Nasser, announced, via a tweet on Twitter, his departure from Turkey following spending 8 years there, during which he worked as a presenter on the group’s “Mekameleen” satellite channel.
He added that he will move to other countries, thanking Turkey for hosting.
Stop broadcasting satellite
The Brotherhood broadcaster’s decision came weeks following the announcement of the “Camelin” satellite channel, in which he was working, to stop broadcasting its programs permanently from Turkey and to close its studios in Istanbul, following the Turkish authorities demanded the management of the satellite channel to stop its programs critical of Egypt and the Gulf states, or to stop broadcasting from its territory permanently.
Last June, Nasser announced the cessation of his media activity on social media, days following stopping his program on the “Camelin” channel, in implementation of the instructions of the Turkish authorities.
threat of deportation
His name was included in a list of the names of the Brotherhood’s broadcasters whom Ankara demanded to stop their activities, including Moataz Matar, Hamza Zobaa, Hisham Abdullah, Hussam Al-Ghamry, and Haitham Abu Khalil. It also stopped their media activities, whether on satellite platforms, social networking sites, and YouTube, from its territory.
It also threatened those who did not comply with deportation.
It is noteworthy that Muslim Brotherhood broadcaster Moataz Matar had previously left Turkey for the British capital, London, to present his program from there.
The Turkish authorities also asked the Brotherhood activist, Yasser Al-Omda, to leave the country, following the videos he posted on his social media page once morest Egypt.
The pace of convergence is accelerating
In addition, the pace of rapprochement between Egypt and Turkey has been rapidly accelerating recently, as talks between the two countries have begun and have moved towards actual measures to achieve reconciliation.
Moataz Matar and Mohamed Nasser
It also became clear that there is security and intelligence coordination between the two countries to consider the extradition of some Brotherhood leaders to Egypt, according to a report published by the French website “Intelligence Online” last week.
The information confirmed that Ankara had a strong desire to accelerate the pace of rapprochement with Cairo, even if it came to handing over some leaders from the Muslim Brotherhood, a demand that Egypt insists on and will not back down in light of the Turkish desire to settle the differences between the two countries and restore them to their previous era.
