Turkey urges EU to be 'impartial' in eastern Mediterranean row

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday called on the EU to be "impartial" in the growing row over energy prospecting in contested eastern Mediterranean waters, his office said. In a phone call with Charles Michel, the European Council president in turn stressed the importance of de-escalating the conflict and called on Turkey to refrain from activities that fuel the tensions with rival Greece, an EU official said after the talks. Turkey's hunt for gas and oil reserves in...