Turkey: President Erdogan heavily criticizes EU

Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused the European Union and its representative Federica Mogherini to have spoken without knowing the reality, on the attempted coup in Turkey, committed, he said, by a "layered structure" comparable Italian Mafia or P2.

"Mogherini would not have to talk," Erdogan said in an exclusive interview to the Italian TV RaiNews24. "It was instead to come to Turkey" as well as European leaders go in the places struck by terrorism. "It 's an ongoing coup that made 238 martyrs but no one came here," continued the president turkish. "If they had bombed the Italian parliament Mogherini would have said that was fine? To be concerned about the processes that would follow?", he asked, explaining that the introduction of capital punishment is desired "57% of Turkish citizens": "If the parliament will vote for the death penalty, then no one will say anything. "

Erdogan describes the putschists of Fethullah Gulen, the opposition deemed the conspirators of the failed coup, inserted in a plot "as P2" or "Mafia". "This looks like the P2 lodge. I will explain to the president of the Council of Europe which is worse than the Mafia."

For this he became again to call strongly for the Gulen's extradition from United States, threatening at the same time the European Union to liberalize visas for Turkey "otherwise skip the agreement on migrants."

Erdogan also did not spare accusations against Italy, where the son is under investigation for money laundering: "The story of the investigation of my son in Bologna might embarrass our relations with Italy, which should deal with mafia".