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===Mass protests and coup d'état===
{{Main|June 2013 Egyptian protests|2013 Egyptian coup d'état}}
A youth group known as Tamarod, claimed to have collected millions of signatures calling for Morsi to step down.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Handawi|first1=Hamza|title=Egypt group: 22 million signatures against Morsi|url=https://news.yahoo.com/egypt-group-22-million-signatures-against-morsi-125919145.html|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=26 September 2014}}</ref> By 30 June, on the first anniversary of the election of Morsi, thousands of protesters surrounding the presidential palace in the Heliopolis suburb demanding the resignation of Morsi. A military source claimed that the number of protestors reached as many as 33 million,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Saleh|first1=Yasmine|last2=Fayed|first2=Shaimaa|title=Millions flood Egypt's streets to demand Mursi quit|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/30/us-egypt-protests-idUSBRE95Q0NO20130630|work=Reuters|accessdate=26 September 2014}}</ref> however,
On 3 July, the [[Egyptian Armed Forces]], headed by [[Abdul Fatah al-Sisi]], acted on its 48 hour ultimatum by [[2013 Egyptian coup d'état|carrying out a coup d'état]] ousting President [[Mohamed Morsi]],<ref name=aj0307>{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/07/20137319828176718.html|title=President Morsi overthrown in Egypt|publisher=|accessdate=25 June 2015}}</ref> suspending the constitution, appointing the head of the constitutional court as interim national leader, and calling for early elections.<ref name=aj0307/>
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