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Austria Summons Turkish Envoy over Post-Coup Crackdown

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Austria Summons Turkish Envoy over Post-Coup Crackdown

Local Editor

Austria said it will summon Turkey’s ambassador on Thursday to discuss Ankara’s "increasingly authoritarian" behavior and allegations it had been behind recent Turkish protests in Vienna.

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’re worried that Turkey is now developing increasingly authoritarian traits. We have therefore summoned the ambassador to clarify in which direction Turkey will develop," Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz told public broadcaster Oe1.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team