EU parliament calls for Turkey accession talks to be suspended


View of the European Parliament headquarters in Brussels, Belgium July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Yves Herman

ANKARA (Reuters) - The European Parliament called on Thursday for Turkey's European Union accession talks to be suspended if Ankara fully implements plans to expand President Tayyip Erdogan's powers, in a vote which Turkey dismissed as flawed and wrong.

The parliament has limited influence on Turkey's decades-old pursuit of EU membership, now in limbo after bitter exchanges between Ankara and some European countries, but the decision highlighted the gulf which has grown between the two sides.

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