Turkish foreign minister to visit Switzerland amid row over rallies


  • World
  • Thursday, 23 Mar 2017

ZURICH (Reuters) - Turkey's foreign minister travels to Switzerland on Thursday to meet his Swiss counterpart, who has tried to keep the neutral country out of a weeks-long dispute between Ankara and several other European nations over campaigning by Turkish politicians.

Turkey has been embroiled in a dispute with Germany, the Netherlands and Austria over campaign appearances by Turkish officials seeking to drum up support for an April 16 referendum that could boost President Tayyip Erdogan's powers.

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