CAIRO (Reuters) - Cairo's Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned the Turkish charge d'affaires in protest over derogatory comments by Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, aimed at the Egyptian president, state media reported.
Erdogan, a long time supporter of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood which was removed from power by the army last year, called President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi an "illegitimate tyrant", according to media reports.
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