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Erdogan drops threat to envoys, averting crisis

A brewing diplomatic crisis between Turkey and 10 Western countries appeared to pass yesterday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan backed off a threat to expel their ambassadors for advocating on behalf of an imprisoned Turkish activist. The dispute spiked on Sunday when Erdogan declared the envoys, including the United States ambassador, to be ‘‘persona non grata’’ because their embassies had signed a letter calling for the release of civil society activist Osman Kavala. His threat had raised concerns of another blowup between Turkey and its Nato partners.

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