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Davutoglu (r) recently with German Chancellor Merkel and EU council chief Tusk in a Turkish refugee camp (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

Turkish PM resigns, posing risk for EU deal

Turkey’s prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu has resigned amid a growing rift with president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, creating concern over the fate of the EU-Turkey deal on refugees.

The announcement on Thursday (5 May) came a day after the European Commission gave its green light to long-sought visa free travel for Turkish citizens. The visa pact is part of the EU-Turkey migrant accord.

Davutoglu was the architect of the deal, and viewed by European leaders as the more liberal face of...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Davutoglu (r) recently with German Chancellor Merkel and EU council chief Tusk in a Turkish refugee camp (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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