Morsi's funeral rites not right: Turkish opposition

ANKARA

Turkey's main opposition leader on Tuesday lashed out at the circumstances surrounding the funeral of Egypt's democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi who died in a courtroom.

"He lost his life in a courtroom. We wish God's mercy on him. We would have wished Mohamed Morsi to be buried with a presidential ceremony," Kemal Kilicdaroglu of the Republican People's Party (CHP) said.

"He was buried secretly, in a hurry, in the presence of only his family. I would like to express that I do not find this right in terms of our democratic culture, beliefs, and morals," Kilicdaroglu added.

Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, died Monday during a court appearance to face espionage charges.

A leading member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood group, he won the country’s first free presidential election in 2012.

After only one year in office, he was ousted and imprisoned in a bloody military coup led by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt's then defense minister and current president.

At the time of his death, Morsi faced a host of legal charges, which he along with numerous human rights groups and independent observers said were politically motivated.

ANKARA

Turkey's main opposition leader on Tuesday lashed out at the circumstances surrounding the funeral of Egypt's democratically elected President Mohamed Morsi who died in a courtroom.

Morsi, Egypt’s first democratically-elected president, died Monday during a court appearance to face espionage charges.

A leading member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood group, he won the country’s first free presidential election in 2012.

After only one year in office, he was ousted and imprisoned in a bloody military coup led by Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt's then defense minister and current president.

At the time of his death, Morsi faced a host of legal charges, which he along with numerous human rights groups and independent observers said were politically motivated.