Supporters of former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi protest after Morsi, the country's first democratically elected president, was ousted from power in Rabia al-Adawiyya Square in Cairo, Egypt July 4, 2013. Adly Mansour, chief justice of the Supreme Constitutional Court, was sworn in as the interim head of state in ceremony in Cairo in the morning of July 4, the day after Morsi was placed under house arrest by the Egyptian military and the Constitution was suspended. UPI/Ahmed Jomaa |
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"What happened to their democratic ideals? It is a sincerity test," Erdogan said.
Erdogan said there cannot be a "democratic coup," saying all coups are "bad, inhumane and enemy of democracy."
Those "who look at streets and ignore the ballot box cannot display a principled and ethical position," Erdogan said.