Turkey says EU overstepping brief by calling for Kurdish leader's release
Friday, 23 November, 2018 , 08:37
Ankara, Nov 23, 2018 (AFP) — Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Friday accused the European Union's top diplomat of overstepping her brief by calling for the release of jailed Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas.
"She exceeded her limits a little," Cavusoglu told CNN-Turk television, a day after Federica Mogherini expressed hope that Demirtas, who has been held in Turkey for two years on terror charges, would soon be freed.
