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The EU “bell” against Erdogan, the four with the US ambassador and the Turkish media

As it seems, the Turkish press reports that refer to EU messages addressed to Turkey. The European Union is sounding the alarm and turning against the president of our neighbors, but Erdogan’s country is reportedly not taking the reprimand seriously.

“A heartfelt greeting to Europe”, “a European olive branch in Turkey”, “a positive agenda on the table” are some of the headlines that the pro-government press in Turkey has today for Erdogan’s meeting with European officials, SKAI emphasizes in its report.

European officials have shown a tough stance against Ankara sending messages on human rights, the Istanbul Convention on Women but also on the challenges against Greece and Turkey with the SKAI correspondent in Turkey Manolis Kostidis to explain how “Charles Michel’s meeting with the US Ambassador to Turkey before the contacts with Tayyip Erdogan also played a big role in this attitude of Brussels.».

“It is characteristic that twice in the interview given by the President of the Commission he referred to Istanbul Convention from which Turkey withdrew just days after Ms. Layen’s teleconference with Erdogan, which seems to have irritated her greatly. He also referred to issues concerning Greece and Cyprus, “SKAI said, adding:” Charles Michel, for his part, raised the issues of freedom of speech, political parties and the media in Turkey during the interview. He also referred to Turkey’s relations with Greece and Cyprus and noted the forthcoming visit of Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias to Turkey.

At the same time sources report that Tayyip Erdogan He called on Layen and Michel to stop Brussels from taking a unilateral stance in favor of Greece but also to press Athens to continue the Greek-Turkish dialogue, although there is no sign of leaving the consultations.

At the same time, Erdogan’s spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said that some EU member states should not take Turkey-EU relations hostage. On the issue of democratic rights raised by Europeans, he said that everyone should respect the legal process in the country. while for the Istanbul Convention he answered in general that violence against women is a global problem and that Ankara will address it with legislative interventions.

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