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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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.