"I note with bitterness, I who am a friend of Turkey, that Turkey is distancing itself from Europe every day," the president of the EU's executive Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said. He also said Erdogan would only have himself to blame if the EU does not grant visa-free travel in Europe to Turkish citizens soon. His criticism comes just as the EU is set to release its latest progress report on Turkey's membership negotiations, on Wednesday. "We are working politically for a situation in Turkey that doesn't make it necessary for people to seek asylum," she said. "We are at a critical moment," he warned, adding that "a very dark atmosphere of oppression" reigns over Turkey.

Source: ABC News November 08, 2016 16:03 UTC