Exclusive interview with Kati Piri, on the future of EU-Turkey relations: “I don’t think President Erdoğan would ever risk breaking all ties with EU”

I had a quite frank conversation with Kati Piri, the former Turkey rapporteur of the European Parliament (EP) and the current Vice Chair of Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the EP. The topics include the Bogazici University protests, the EP’s latest call on EU governments to use all means to ensure Ankara’s compliance with ECHR ruling on Selahattin Demirtas, Ankara’s trump-cards over EU countries, the newly adopted EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, Turkey’s relationship with Russia and more…