ISTANBUL – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Saturday that Turkey may part ways with the European Union, implying that the country is considering finishing its bid to enroll in the 27-nation bloc.
“The EU is making efforts to sever ties with Turkey,” he informed newshounds ahead of departing for the 78th U.N. General Assembly in New York.
“We will evaluate the situation, and if needed we will part ways with the EU.”
He was once responding to a query a few fresh file followed via the European Parliament, which said “the accession process cannot resume under the current circumstances, and calls on EU to explore ‘a parallel and realistic framework’ for EU-Türkiye relations.”
Turkey implemented to enroll in the European Union in 1999, and accession talks started in 2005. Accession negotiations have been frozen in 2018 as a result of “democratic backsliding,” in line with the European Parliament.
Erdogan’s observation on Saturday got here greater than per week after Turkey’s foreign minister affirmed his country’s unravel to enroll in the EU and instructed the bloc to take brave steps to advance its bid.