Forged Egyptian Passports Implicate Muslim Brotherhood in New Scandal in Turkey
The Brotherhood leadership's inability to resolve fraud and forgery issues reveals the group's disintegration and weak control over its members abroad
November 4, 2024, 10:14 pm

Forged Egyptian Passports Implicate Muslim Brotherhood in New Scandal in Turkey

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New repercussions of the Muslim Brotherhood's disintegration emerged as UK-based Egyptian journalist Sami Kamal El-Din exposed a widespread fraud operation involving Brotherhood members.

Through a video posted on "X" platform, Kamal El-Din revealed details of being defrauded by member Mohamed Zayed Kilani, originally from North Sinai and residing in Turkey, who exploited claims of having relationships with Egyptian security leaders.

The Egyptian journalist highlighted Kilani's request for $9,000 in exchange for issuing an Egyptian passport, noting that the operation was repeated with about 15 other people, including media professionals, who later discovered that the documents delivered to them were forged.

The source revealed the inability of Brotherhood leadership fronts in Istanbul and London to recover the stolen funds or hold the involved member accountable despite their appeals.

This scandal coincided with Turkish authorities escalating measures against group members, conducting raids targeting those residing without IDs or permits, while suspending citizenship grants and humanitarian residencies.

Statistics indicate the presence of between 5,000 to 7,000 Brotherhood members, leaders, and supporters among 35,000 Egyptians in Turkey, mostly in Istanbul, with 3,000 having obtained Turkish citizenship.

These developments come amid growing Egyptian-Turkish relations, following reciprocal visits between Presidents Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and the signing of about 20 strategic cooperation agreements between the two countries.

Turkish authorities have demanded Brotherhood members refrain from discussing group affairs or its relationship with Egypt, warning of penalties including deportation for violators.

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