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EU summons Turkish ambassador over Erdogan threats
 [Hurriyet Daily News] The European Commission said on March 23 it had summoned the Turkish ambassador to explain comments by President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... that Europeans would not be able to "walk safely on the streets" if they kept up their current attitude towards ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... Turkey's relations with the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... have become particularly strained after two member states cancelled planned campaign rallies on their territory by Turkish ministers ahead of an April 16 referendum that will decide whether the current parliamentary system should be shifted into an executive presidency. Germany and the Netherlands cited security concerns for their decision and Erdogan has accused them of using "Nazi methods" and of trampling on free speech. On March 22 Erdogan said: "If Europe continues this way, no European in any part of the world can walk safely on the streets. Europe will be damaged by this. We, as Turkey, call on Europe to respect human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... and democracy." Posted by: Fred 2017-03-24 |
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