Turkey accuses EU of encouraging coup plotters

‘Turkey has accused the European Union of “encouraging” plotters of last month’s failed coup attempt as ties between Ankara and Brussels seem to be going in a downward spiral.
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Wednesday that Turkish people’s confidence in the EU has “unfortunately fallen” in the wake of the July 15 coup.
“Let me say openly, this is because the EU adopted a favorable position to the coup (and) encouraged the putschists,” Cavusoglu told reporters during a televised briefing in the capital, Ankara, without giving further details.’
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