2 killed in bomb attack in Turkey

We are the ones providing food to some 3.5 million refugees in this country.

The crackdowns have brought sharp outcry from global rights groups and others. In exchange, Turkish citizens were supposed to have been granted visa-free travel rights across parts of Europe, but that was put on hold after a failed coup attempt sought to overthrow Erdogan in July. Gianni Pitella of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats added that “Turkey under Mr Erdogan is more and more drifting towards an authoritarian regime”.

Guy Verhofstadt, a former Belgian premier who now leads the Liberal group in the EU parliament, called on the European Commission to “implement the recommendation as soon as possible”.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Thursday’s attack.

Anticipating the vote, Erdogan said Wednesday that his country’s “struggle for its stability and future won’t be interrupted by (European legislators’) raising and lowering their hands”.

“If you go too far, the border gates will be opened”, Erdogan was quoted as saying by Anadolu Agency during the Second International Women and Justice Summit in Istanbul.

Turkey’s president has accused the European Union of dishonesty and betrayal, and threatened to remove controls from his country’s borders, potentially allowing hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers and other migrants into Europe.

With a population of nearly two million, Adana is one of Turkey’s largest cities, lying around 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Syrian border. At the same time, Europe is also dealing with the major resurgence of migrant boats making the risky Mediterranean crossing from North Africa.

“Do not forget, the west needs Turkey”, he said.

But elected lawmakers have become increasingly skeptical of the negotiations.

Mr Erdogan said that Turkey could row back on the migrant pact signed with the European Union in March, which has dramatically reduced the number of refugees entering the European Union through Turkey. “You have to freeze the accession talks for the moment”.

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Erdogan’s claims that his country has been “betrayed” are a sign of how Turkey’s pride has been wounded by the lack of global solidarity Ankara feels has been shown since its political foundations were rocked by the July coup attempt.

“When we talk to them, they are telling us that it is important to continue talks”.