Turkey's presidential spokesman said on Monday, May 18, the Middle East would be thrown into turmoil if Egypt carried out its death sentences on former president Mohamed Morsi and other senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood.
An Egyptian court on Sunday sought the death penalty for Morsi and 106 supporters of his Muslim Brotherhood, in connection with a mass jail-break in 2011. A final ruling is expected on June 2.
Ibrahim Kalin told a news conference in Ankara the sentences were a "breach of justice" and called on the international community to speak out more strongly against them.
"The execution orders and carrying them out will push the Middle East into turmoil," he said.
Turkey would work with the U.N. Human Rights Commission following the sentences, and take 'all necessary steps', he added.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan is a vocal supporter of Morsi, Egypt's first democratically-elected president, and relations with Egypt have soured since he was forced from power by the army in 2013.
Diplomatic ties between the former regional allies were broken off after Erdoğan repeatedly accused the new Egyptian government of carrying out a coup.
