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Given Her Own Sofa. Still Not Happy

Bodger at 2:03 pm April 7, 2021

EU commission head taken aback as Erdogan and her colleague snap up the chairs https://t.co/lVuqZA8w75 pic.twitter.com/LKoxfo6FIx

— Reuters U.S. News (@ReutersUS) April 7, 2021

Yikes. EU Commission Prez Ursula von der Leyen gets no chair in meeting with #Turkey’s Erdogan.

As EU Council chief Charles Michel is ushered in, seated next to Erdogan, the senior woman official looks around, says “Erm”, before ending up on sofa:
pic.twitter.com/LO9yrqGhVb

— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) April 7, 2021

FIGHT!

Ursula von der Leyen snubbed in chair gaffe at EU-Erdoğan talks (The Guardian)

The Guilty 60,000

Admin at 2:30 pm July 21, 2016

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey will temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights after announcing a state of emergency following the attempted coup.

…Earlier, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the three-month state of emergency in Turkey would enable authorities to act quicker and more efficiently against the coup plotters.

Meanwhile, around 60,000 soldiers, police, judges, civil servants and teachers have been suspended, detained or put under investigation since the coup was defeated.

Seems legit.

Turkey suspends European Convention on Human Rights in wake of coup (Independent.co.uk)

Turkish Lawmakers Set to Give Erdogan Sweeping New Powers (New York Times)

Pic: AFP/Getty

Thanks Fluffybiscuits