Turkey asks Egyptian media to limit criticism: TV channel owner

Egypt opposition figure Ayman Nour says Turkish officials asked media outlets to limit critcism of President el-Sisi.

A leading Egyptian opposition figure based in Istanbul has said Turkey has asked Egypt’s Istanbul-based opposition media to “tone down” their criticism against President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as Ankara tries to mend ties with Cairo. Ayman Nour, the owner of the liberal outlet El Sharq, told AFP news agency on Friday that he held a meeting with Turkish officials in which they expressed Ankara’s “desire to see these media outlets tone down” their criticism of el-Sisi’s rule. Nour said his meeting with the Turks on Thursday “focused on the media’s conduct in the context of these latest exchanges between Turkey and Egypt”.