Austria said it will summon Turkey’s ambassador on Thursday to discuss Ankara’s “increasingly authoritarian” behaviour and allegations it had been behind recent Turkish protests in Vienna. Thousands of demonstrators from Austria’s 300,000-strong Turkish community marched through the capital waving flags and chanting slogans in support of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. We have therefore summoned the ambassador to clarify in which direction Turkey will develop,” foreign minister Sebastian Kurz told public broadcaster Oe1. The announcement came a day after Turkey imposed a three-month state of emergency following last week’s coup, which has seen some 50,000 people arrested or sacked. “We as Europe need to stand by our values, especially in these increasingly uncertain times.

Source: Hindustan Times July 21, 2016 08:03 UTC