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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan waves as he addresses the supporters of his ruling Justice and Development Party, AKP, during a rally in Istanbul, on Tuesday
PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s tyrannical regime in Turkey was handed €1.5 billion (£1.2bn) from the EU today as the undemocratic body was accused of having “the blood of Kurds on its hands.”
EU policy chief Federica Mogherini announced the release of the bumper payout in Brussels today during the neoliberal economic bloc’s “Supporting the future of Syria and the region” Third Annual Conference.
Speaking at a press conference in the Belgian capital, she said: “I would like to confirm the European Union contribution of €1.5bn to the second tranche of the facility for refugees in Turkey.”
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
VIJAY PRASHAD details how US support for Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa allowed him to break the resistance of the autonomous Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF)
