Even when a demonstration involving more than one million people took place in Cairo, on Tuesday 1 February 2011, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has finally commented on the events unfolding Egypt last week. Taking advantage of the traditional weekly meeting of his parliamentary group, the leader of the Turkish government has called Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, listen to "the desire for change" expressed by its people. "In today's world, the yearning for freedom can neither be postponed nor ignored, "he said, before insisting, with religious overtones, the responsibilities of the Egyptian President in the current context:" We are mortal. We will all die and then we will be judged by those who remain ... What matters is that you remember us with respect. We must listen to the voice of our conscience and the voice of our people, and we stand ready to be blessed or cursed. We act for the people, we are at his service. "The prime minister presented his remarks as" a very sincere advice and sincere implementation warning "sent to the head of the Egyptian state, while calling on protesters to avoid resorting to violence:" ... I say to the Egyptian people, stay away from weapons in this process of resistance, and at the same time, protect your history and culture. Choose your struggle to win freedom. That is your democratic right. "
This position clearer for change in Egypt comes at a time when experts and analysts wonder, with more and more insistently, the silence and caution and Turkish Prime Minister its famous Minister of Foreign Affairs, usually quicker to react on strong subjects of international news and their regional developments. Many voices in Turkey, were observed, these days, that silence was at odds with both the ambitions and values displayed by the new Turkish foreign policy, with the changes that have occurred since the arrival of the AKP power. However, if Recep Tayyip Erdogan has finally comment on the need for change in Egypt, he also highlighted the Turkish experience of democratization and the interest it could present for the Arab countries changing, a temptation that Turkish officials had appeared rather not wanting to sell now.
change of attitude induced by the recent statement of Recep Tayyip Erdogan must also be analyzed in terms of strategic concerns which remain those of Turkey in the region. We know in fact that since Friday, the Turkish prime minister was on the phone with President Obama. It is likely that his "warning" to the Egyptian president, who joined U.S. criticism Veiled to stagnation of Rais since last week, said a political transition is inevitable in Egypt, and that Turkey stands ready to accompany him. Turkish Prime Minister spoke publicly moreover its contacts with the American president, explaining that he had considered it important to hear the views of a democratic country in the region.
Still, the initial embarrassment of the Turkish government vis-à-vis the Egyptian crisis, like that of most Western governments, reveals that the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions will perhaps change in international relations Middle East, if they triumph. It will get harder before making its strategic interests take precedence so cynical about the values they claim to defend. Authoritarian regimes of the Arab countries have long relied on the support of democracies concerned about the narrow defense of their interests, and convinced that deep democracy and the rule of law were not on the agenda in the Middle East. The political earthquake that shook Egypt last week is trying to prove that even the immutable situations have an end and that the reasoning, so-called pragmatic, who have maintained, will have change seriously.
JM
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