For the past few weeks I was in Cairo, I actually left on Friday and could see the plumes of smoke from the cab on my way to the airport. Since I've been back in Istanbul I've been catching up on the news in Turkey, though today's frontpage news was actually all about Egypt so I figured I'd quickly post on what the view is from Turkey. The first piece of news on ntv, literally the “NBC of Turkey,” is entitled “images of a rebellion” and it shows front and center the picture of the woman in Tahrir being beaten on Saturday as its headline picture for the day's news. Accompanying it is a 2 minute video showing the whole affair. However, the accompanying article is primarily about the burning of the 1798 library, which according to the article is the result of protestors intentionally burning it down by throwing Molotov cocktails. The comments underneath refer to how “djahil” the Egyptians are, with the underlying implication that ultimately the soldiers and protestors are equally to blame for crimes against both women and history. As NTV represents an (in theory) apolitical news organization, what I take from this is a goal of claiming that the Egyptian military and protestors are equally to blame for all “disturbances” in the country and a move away from the rhetoric of the brave revolutionaries of January 25th. Given Joseph Mayton's recent experience with the American embassy placing the blame for Joseph's detention on his own careless stupidity, it appears that the general attitude of both states and media with critical ties to Egypt are less willing to criticize SCAF than they were willing to criticize Mubarak. BM ShortURL: http://goo.gl/ppY0Z Tags: Clashes, Media, SCAF, Turkey Section: Egypt, Op-ed
