Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Brussels on Tuesday (21 January) justified his crackdown on Turkish judges and said anonymous “groups” are trying to give him a bad name.
He spoke to media on his first visit to the EU capital in five years, on a trip to mark the recent restart of accession talks.
He said he respects the independece of the judiciary.
But he noted: “If the judiciary wants to use its power in a non-independent manner, then this could cause pro...
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