No progress with Turkey so long as journalists are imprisoned: Juncker

January 12 2018 14:35:31

No progress with Turkey so long as journalists are imprisoned: Juncker

ISTANBUL - Reuters

There will be no progress in Turkey relations [with the European Union] as long as journalists are detained in Turkey, European Council President Jean-Claude Juncker said in the Bulgarian capital on Jan. 12.

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