ANKARA
Turkish prime minister's press office called on the interim government in Egypt to cease the bloody attacks on its own people, to conduct a fair and transparent investigation over the perpetrators of massacre, to set free Mohamed Morsi and all political detainees and to begin a genuine and an inclusive transitional period.
Regarding the deadly police dispersal of pro-Morsi sit-ins in Egyptian capital Cairo and Giza, Turkish Prime Ministry strongly condemned Wednesday's police assault on Egyptian people.
"It is a grave crime that the police fired on peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators. Deaths since June 30 are the responsibility of the interim government which seized the democratic and civil administration through a military coup," the press office said.
Stating that the bloody attack of security forces to civilian and peaceful protestors sabotaged the intentions of hope for return to democracy of brother Egypt country, the office stressed.
"This intervention revealed how the current administration's manner on transition to democracy. It is a worry for the peace of Egyptian people. It can clearly be seen that the international community has supported the military coup and encouraged the current administration for the attacks on Wednesday by remaining silent in front of the previous massacres instead of making a claim to democracy in Egypt and constitutional legality. The international community, especially UN Security Council and Arab League should start to move to stop that massacre."
The office reminded Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's latest meeting with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and UN Security Council's permanent members separately and his call for a common attitude against a possible massacre.
Earlier in the day, security forces moved in to disperse pro-Morsi demonstrators in Cairo's Rabaa al-Adawiya Square and Giza's Nahda Square.
According to medics and eyewitnesses, at least 163 people were killed and thousands injured during the violent dispersal of the two pro-Morsi sit-ins.
The move has sparked angry protests in provinces across the country, with deadly clashes being reported in several areas.
