Tayyip Erdogan mentioned that Ankara may “half methods” with the EU if obligatory. (File)
Istanbul, Turkey:
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan mentioned on Saturday that Ankara may “half methods” with the European Union if obligatory when requested concerning the contents of a European Parliament report on Turkey.
The report, adopted earlier this week, mentioned Turkey’s accession course of with the 27-member bloc can’t resume underneath present circumstances and referred to as for the EU to discover “a parallel and reasonable framework” for its ties with Ankara.
Turkey has been an official candidate to hitch the EU for twenty-four years, however accession talks have stalled in recent times over the bloc’s considerations about human rights violations and respect for the rule of regulation.
“The EU is making an attempt to interrupt away from Turkey,” President Erdogan instructed reporters forward of a visit to america. “We’ll make our evaluations towards these developments and if obligatory, we are able to half methods with the EU.”
Turkey’s Overseas Ministry mentioned earlier this week that the European Parliament report contained unfounded allegations and prejudices and took “a shallow and non-visionary” strategy to the nation’s ties with the EU.
(Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)