Mohamad Morsi

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu on April 10 extended his condolences to Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, over two Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) church attacks in the country in a phone call, marking a rare diplomatic interaction between the two countries since relations soured after the ouster of Mohamad Morsi in 2013.

Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into the Do?an Media Group for ?terrorist propaganda? following a widely derided front-page story in pro-government daily Güne?.

Kurdish forces? capture of Tel Abyad, previously a stronghold of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has coincided with the unfortunate June 16 confirmation of the death sentence for Mohamad Morsi, the first elected but toppled former president of Egypt.

On May 19, Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu reserved an important part of his speech during an election rally in Zonguldak to attacking daily Hürriyet.

?You cannot give instructions to us. Media bosses can no longer manipulate governments in Turkey,? Davuto?lu said, making serious accusations against the newspaper - from conspiring against the government to encouraging terrorists.

The death sentence given to Egypt?s toppled former president on May 16 is not only wrong, but also likely to make everything in the Middle East even worse.

Apart from the fact that the death sentence - which is irreversible regardless of mistakes - should have no place in modern legal systems, the sentence is wrong and likely to make everything worse for a few other reasons.