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WASHINGTON (Reuters) — One hun­dred sev­en­ty mem­bers of the U.S. House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives signed a bipar­ti­san let­ter sent to Sec­re­tary of State Antony Blinken urg­ing Pres­i­dent Joe Biden’s admin­is­tra­tion to address “trou­bling” human rights issues as it for­mu­lates pol­i­cy for deal­ings with Turkey.The let­ter, dat­ed Feb. 26 and made pub­lic on Mon­day, notes that NATO ally Turkey has long been an impor­tant U.S. part­ner but says the admin­is­tra­tion of Pres­i­dent Tayyip Erdo­gan has strained the relationship.“Strategic issues have right­ful­ly received sig­nif­i­cant atten­tion in our bilat­er­al rela­tion­ship, but the gross vio­la­tion of human rights and demo­c­ra­t­ic back­slid­ing taking …