Turkey No Longer Needs EU Membership but Won't Quit Talks-Erdogan

Turkey No Longer Needs EU Membership but Won’t Quit Talks-Erdogan

Source:NYT Date:01Oct2017

ANKARA — Turkey no longer needs to join the European Union but will not unilaterally abandon the stalled EU accession talks, President Tayyip Erdogan told parliament on Sunday.

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