The visits will come in the wake of complaints by Turkish leaders that the EU did not lend sufficient support to Ankara over the initiated coup, saying no European leader or senior European Union official rushed to Turkey after the failed attempt to show solidarity.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan several times spoke against the EU expressing criticism of the massive purge against suspected members and sympathizers of Fethullah Gülen, a Muslim cleric residing in the U.S., in the aftermath of the attempted coup.