NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned Turkey on Thursday it must fully respect legal due process, as Ankara continues to make mass arrests after last July’s failed coup. “Turkey has the right to protect itself and to prosecute those who were behind the failed coup attempt but that has to take ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday that EU-Turkey relations have been severely hit by actions taken by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government. “The developments over the past weeks have severely hit German-Turkish ties as well as European-Turkish relations,” she told parliament, saying in particular that Ankara’s arrest and treatment of ...
