The way Turkey handles the Istanbul election controversy could shape future EU relations, top officials have warned.
But for some leading MEPs, Turkish democracy just breathed its last gasp.
"Ensuring a free, fair and transparent election process ... is at the heart of the European Union's relations with Turkey," the EU foreign relations chief, Federica Mogherini, and enlargement commissioner, Johannes Hahn, said on Monday (6 March).
Speaking shortly after Turkish authori...
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