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Turkey’s chair snub riles female EU chief
Publication date 08 April 2021 | 22:51 | ICT

The European Commission hit out on April 7 after its chief Ursula von der Leyen was left without a chair as Turkey’s president sat down for talks with her male counterpart.

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