MPs of all stripes decry Turkish government’s reaction to failed coup

If crackdown continues, it could be ‘a very major impediment’ to Canada-Turkey ties, says friendship group chair and Liberal MP Sgro.

Conservative foreign affairs critic Peter Kent, left, Liberal MP and chair of the Canada-Turkey Parliamentary Friendship Group Judy Sgro, and Turkish Ambassador Selçuk Ünal. Mr. Kent and Ms. Sgro suggest there could be consequences for the relationship between Canada and Turkey if what they described as the Turkish government's post-coup pattern of intimidation continues. The Hill Times file photos

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BY CHELSEA NASH

July 27, 2016

In 2010, Turkish President (then prime minister) Recep Tayyip Erdoğan arrived at Pearson International Airport in Toronto ahead of the G20 summit at around midnight, and was greeted by then-minister of state for foreign affairs Peter Kent, something Mr. Kent later recounted as a "nasty experience."...

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