EU and Turkey’s ‘sofagate’ blame game enters round 2
10 April 2021 |
9:18 am
Brussels and Ankara are trading recriminations in the wake of a diplomatic faux pas that observers say smacked of Turkish chauvinism. Turkey has now claimed that it was following EU instructions.
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