“Turkey’s suppression of democratic opposition would have elicited strong protests from Europe in the past. But now, the worst rift in trans-Atlantic relations in generations and the growing threat from Russia are trumping those concerns,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
Europe Turns a Blind Eye to Erdogan’s Crackdown
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