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TEHRAN, October 09 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the European Union (EU) to demonstrate sincerity about his country’s accession to the 28-member politico-economic bloc.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) -“It needs to be clear whether or not the EU will accept Turkey,” Erdogan said during a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban in Budapest.
“Turkey has been stalled since 1963. No EU member state has been treated in such a way,” he added.
Earlier this month, Erdogan suggested that he could take Turkey to a referendum over its EU membership bid.
“If the European Union continues wasting Turkey’s time in its accession to the union, then the country could hold a referendum over its membership bid. It is better to see this process faster so that Turkey can determine its way,” the Turkish president said at an international forum in Istanbul on October 4.
On June 27, Ankara slammed the European Union as "hypocritical" and "prejudiced" after the bloc said Ankara was moving further away from Europe.
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