Middle East

Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan drops threat to expel Western envoys




Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rowed back on Monday from his threat to expel 10 Western envoys over their joint statement of support for a jailed civil society leader.The reversal came after the United States and several of the other concerned countries issued identical statements saying they respected a UN convention that required diplomats not to interfere in the host country’s domestic affairs.After chairing an hours-long cabinet meeting devoted to the diplomatic stand-off, Erdogan…



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