An Egyptian court’s decision to seek the death penalty for ousted Mohamed Mursi has been condemned by Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.<br /><br /> The Turkish president’s governing AK Party has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood of Mursi – Egypt’s first democratically elected president.<br /><br /> “The popularly elected president of Egypt, picked with 52 percent of the vote, has unfortunately been sentenced to death,” Erdogan told a rally in Istanbul, accusing those currently in charge in Cairo of stamping out freedom.<br /><br /> “Egypt is turning into old Egypt,” he said.<br /><br /> “The West, unfortunately, is still turning a blind eye to Sisi’s coup.”<br /><br /> “While the West abolished the death penalty in their own countries, they just look on without taking any action against this execution in Egypt.” <br /><br /> Ties between Egypt and Turkey, two former allies, have been strained since then Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi toppled elected President Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 after mass protests against hi
