Istanbul has become the center of Egyptian protests after a coup in 2013 (AFP)
Most of Turkish authorities on Monday denied reports that Ankara had arrested 34 Muslim Brotherhood members who called for protests in Egypt during Cop 27, a UN climate change conference that begins in Sharm el-Sheikh later this week.
Arabic newspaper Ashraq al-Aswat reported on Sunday that Turkey arrested dozens of Muslim Brotherhood members after Turkey prepared to launch a new Telegram channel on November 11 to "incite protests, violence and anarchy in Egypt". Asharq Al-Awsat said the alleged detainees were also included in the deportation list.
While two senior Turkish officials told the Middle East Eye that no such arrests had been made.
A separate Turkish source told Middle East Eye that the Arab media regularly publishes similar allegations to cause trouble and make Muslim Brotherhood leaders in Turkey feel uncomfortable.
"We only detained one Egyptian journalist, who was later released," a senior Turkish official.
Egyptian journalist Hossam al-Ghamri revealed on Twitter that he was detained by Turkish police but released after an uproar on social media.
Gamri said "I'm back home, thank God. This experience helped me understand the feeling of my son Yusef, my son's only mistake was that he was my son who has been forcibly disappeared," .
According to the Egyptian human rights organization Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), the Ghamry 's son Yousef al-Ghamri, 24, was taken from his home in Sharqiyah governorate to an undisclosed location by Egyptian security forces on October 25, and His whereabouts were not disclosed.
Source: Middle East Eye