ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses cooperative opportunities in post-Mubarak Egypt and focuses on the reaction of the Turkish government to anti-Morsi protests and the removal of Morsi. This chapter finds that there was hardly any substantial Turkish consultation with the EU, especially after Turkish foreign policy decision makers gave unequivocal support to the Muslim Brotherhood, siding with Morsi, although his policies were leading to further polarisation in Egypt. However, despite divergence, Turkish policy makers and EU officials continued to talk formally and informally about the situation in Egypt. Most significantly, the Davutoğlu-Ashton dialogue continued regardless of Turkey’s harsh criticism of the EU. These talks merely served the purpose of improving each other’s understanding of their policies. As the divergence between Turkey and the EU became clearer, it was even more difficult to achieve any substantial cooperation that could have involved consultation or working together in order to formulate joint policies.
