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Kati Piri was scheduled to meet Turkish officials to help bridge a widening diplomatic gap (Photo: Euranet Plus)

MEPs cancel Turkey trip as relations sour

EU lawmakers have cancelled a trip to Ankara, days before parliament votes on a non-binding resolution to end Turkey's EU membership talks.

Turkish authorities are intensifying a crackdown against political opposition, Kurdish separatists, media and civil society.

The government says it is an effort to weed out state saboteurs and so-called terrorists, but the EU says Turkey is trampling on the rule of law and democratic processes.

German centre-right Elmar Brok and Dutch so...

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Kati Piri was scheduled to meet Turkish officials to help bridge a widening diplomatic gap (Photo: Euranet Plus)

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