Interview on PM Babiš’ Visit to Turkey and his Meeting with President Erdoğan fro Aktuálně.cz

Date of publication: September 4, 2019

Tomáš Kaválek of Prague Centre for Middle East Relations (PCMR) of CEVRO Institute gave an interview on PM Babiš’ visit to Turkey and his meeting with president Erdoğanem for Aktuálně.cz. The main topic of the visit was the issue of the unfinished Yunus Emre lignite power plant, in which the Czech Republic has invested up to 12bn CZK. Babiš also discussed with the Turkish president the situation of two Czechs, Markéta Všelichová and Miroslav Farkas. They were convicted of membership in the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara considers a terrorist organisation.