Turkey has threatened to scrap its agreement with the EU to stem the flow of migrants into the bloc from October unless it delivers visa-free travel for Turks, increasing the risk of a "human bomb" in Europe. Tensions have been rising between Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and the EU; recently, European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said he did not see the EU granting Turks visa-free travel this year due to Turkey's crackdown after the failed military coup last month and the possible re-introduction of the death penalty. The Turkish government is also pushing ahead on plans to build two new nuclear power plants at Akkuyu near Istanbul, which would be built by state-owned energy giant KEPCO.
Turkey has threatened to scrap its agreement with the EU to stem the flow of migrants into the bloc from October unless it delivers visa-free travel for Turks, increasing the risk of a "human bomb" in Europe. Tensions have been rising between Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan and the EU; recently, European Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said he did not see the EU granting Turks visa-free travel this year due to Turkey's crackdown after the failed military coup last month and the possible re-introduction of the death penalty. On another note, Greece has raised the alarm over a surge in refugees from Turkey, stating that the numbers have shot up after the foiled coup; Athens says there is evidence that Turkey is already going back on the agreement struck in March.