European Parliament’s vote to freeze talks with Turkey lacks vision: EU Minister Çelik 

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The European Parliament’s decision to recommend temporarily freezing accession talks with Ankara has "no vision," Turkish EU Minister Ömer Çelik told reporters in Brussels on Nov. 29.

EU lawmakers on Nov. 24 called for a temporary halt to Turkey’s accession talks because of what they called Ankara’s “disproportionate” reaction to July’s failed coup that has included a massive crackdown on the country’s opposition.