Closing "Complementary": the end of the Brotherhood's notification of the end of its purposes

Brotherhood channels have failed to achieve the goals of Qatar and Turkey, and there is no need for them to continue.

A paper that Turkey no longer needs

CAIRO - The announcement of the closure of the Brotherhood's "Camelin" channel and the suspension of its broadcasts from Turkish territory indicates that the group's media is on the path of decline after Ankara opened up to rapprochement with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as seeking to close an era in which satellite channels were used for political blackmail and marketing of hostile projects aimed at expanding Turkey's influence.

And the “Camelin” channel announced in a statement on Friday that its broadcasts were permanently stopped and its studios closed, eight years after it was broadcast from Istanbul, and said that it “will resume broadcasting and start again from other countries soon,” and did not specify those countries or the date of their return.

Turkey and Qatar threw all their political and media cards in the face of Cairo, but failed to achieve their goals by continuing pressure on the Egyptian regime, which succeeded in confronting the practices of incitement, and was able to bypass the Brotherhood’s threats, and therefore Ankara and Doha resorted not to go too far behind the Brotherhood’s media support. 

Mounir Adib: Brotherhood channels may witness a state of decline, not closure

Brotherhood channels lost their identity for which they were established with the first signs of calm that appeared in the relations between Ankara and Cairo, and the continuation of the channels seemed to lose influence since Turkey explicitly demanded that it stop its escalation against the Egyptian regime.

Turkey expelled a number of media professionals from its lands, as a prelude to closing the channels after the goals for which they were established declined, because the Brotherhood's support and marketing for Ankara's expansionist project in the region is no longer politically feasible.

The channels broadcasting from Turkey played a role in the continuous mobilization against the Egyptian state, and turned into the spearhead in the confrontation that took different forms between the international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood and Cairo over the past years, and Ankara employed it in a wave of defamation against Saudi Arabia in the case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and used it to overturn the facts in the crisis. Libyan.

Ankara is seeking to smoothly pass its rapprochement agenda with Cairo, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi, and aims to provide more reassurances to demonstrate that it has begun tangible changes in its regional orientation, and is no longer linked to supporting the Brotherhood and providing media immunity for it.

The move to close Mekameleen coincided with the first visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Saudi Arabia since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi four years ago, during which he spoke about launching a new era and the importance of strengthening all political, military, economic and cultural ties.

The Egyptian Assistant Foreign Minister, Ambassador Hassan Haridy, said that “the demise of the Brotherhood channels comes in the context of the gradual return of Egyptian-Turkish relations to normal, a step that precedes the process of re-exchange of ambassadors between the two countries, as Cairo expressed its objection to the appointment of an ambassador in the presence of channels operating with the permission of the Turkish state. She directs her attack.

He explained to “Al-Arab” that closing all Brotherhood channels removes a serious obstacle that has stymied the improvement of relations between the two countries, and the coming days may witness the announcement of approval for the return of ambassadors.

Haridy added that Turkey used the Brotherhood's channels to serve its foreign policy that was characterized by a clash with Egypt, and now it has made adjustments to its perceptions and has priorities towards restoring the momentum of economic relations with many Arab countries to save it from their internal crises.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu recently revealed that his Egyptian counterpart, Sameh Shoukry, will visit Turkey soon, but he did not reveal the exact date of the visit.

He pointed out that relations with Cairo are improving, and they should improve, despite the difference in views, and it is possible that we do not agree on all files, noting that improving relations does not reflect positively on Ankara only, meaning that Cairo will reap fruits from it.

Hassan Haridi: Closing the Brotherhood's channels removes a serious obstacle between Egypt and Turkey

Observers believe that Turkey has sent a political signal that the tools it used in the clash with Egypt are no longer needed, and it is aware that it has the media cover that supports its movements when necessary to criticize Egypt.

The Qatari “Al-Jazeera” channel has become present in the maneuvers of Qatar and Turkey, and is sometimes employed in the issue of not completely disengaging from the Brotherhood’s support, for fear of losing the gains made by Doha and Ankara due to the chaos that prevailed in some Arab countries.

The expert in the affairs of Islamic groups, Munir Adib, expected that steps will continue to get rid of the Brotherhood channels operating in Turkey, and this period may witness a state of decline, pending the outcome of the political situation between Turkey and the Arab countries with which it has engaged in a cycle of developing relations until stability is reached. Other places you work through.

In a statement to Al-Arab, he stressed that the rapprochement between Egypt and Turkey resulted in decisions that eased the tension between the two countries, and the closure of the two complements leads to further improvement in relations, especially since Ankara is pushing in this direction as a major Egyptian goal.

Observers affirm that the developments of the economic crisis in Turkey do not serve the Brotherhood's channels, which relied on more evasions for their continued survival, even with the dispensation of some of the faces that attract opponents and supporters of the organization, and that Erdogan's efforts to go a long way in improving his relations with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have harmed the group.

Last March, Ankara asked Brotherhood activist Yasser Al-Omda to leave its territory after broadcasting videos in which he criticized the Egyptian regime and called for a popular revolution, after a number of presenters left Turkey, and others stopped attacking Cairo, and Brotherhood media tools no longer moved with the ease that they had previously enjoyed. Its in Istanbul.