Turkey's president is explicitly supporting a terrorist organization.
On January 19, 2024, the European Council established a dedicated framework of restrictive measures that allows the European Union to hold accountable any individual or entity who supports, facilitates or enables violent actions by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Specifically, the Council says:
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent the entry into, or transit through, their territories of natural persons:(a) supporting, materially or financially, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (‘PIJ’), any other affiliated group or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof;...(e) supporting, materially or financially, or implementing actions which undermine or threaten the stability or security of Israel, in conjunction with, under the name of, on behalf of, or in support of Hamas, PIJ, any other affiliated group or any cell, affiliate, splinter group or derivative thereof;....(h) providing support to natural or legal persons, groups, entities or bodies engaged in activities referred to in points (a) to (g);
It sounds like Erdogan is violating at least these three provisions.
Will the EU bar Erdogan from traveling to any of its member countries?
As it is, there are a number of exceptions in the text, but shouldn't this be at least a topic of conversation when the head of a European nation says that it stands with a terror group?
