Turkey: Europe lets suspects travel too freely

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeats his criticism of European authorities’ handling of extremists flagged by Turkey, saying they are deliberately allowing them to travel freely.

“This was their way of seeing things: these names linked to terror organizations should go to Turkey, to Syria or Iraq and do whatever they want to do as long as they don’t carry out any acts on our soils,” he says.

Erdogan has accused Dutch and Belgian authorities of incompetence for not taking any action against Brussels airport bomber Ibrahim El Bakraoui, despite Turkish warnings that he was a “foreign terrorist fighter.”

— AP

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