Turkey's Erdogan orders expulsion of 10 ambassadorsOsman Kavala has become a symbol for Erdogan's intolerance of dissent. "I have ordered our foreign minister to declare these 10 ambassadors as persona non grata as soon as possible," Erdogan said, using a diplomatic term meaning the first step before expulsion. "Our ambassador has not done anything that would justify the expulsion," Norwegian foreign ministry spokeswoman Trude Maseide told media in her home country. Kavala's supporters see him as a symbol of the sweeping crackdown Erdogan unleashed after surviving a 2016 coup attempt. Erdogan is in danger of "dragging the Turkish economy into a president-made crisis", Eurasia Group said.

Source: Bangkok Post October 24, 2021 05:12 UTC