January 24, 2015, Saturday/ 13:53:29/ TODAYS ZAMAN / ISTANBUL President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said Turkey is testing whether the European Union is really against Islamophobia, implying that the bloc would be Islamophobic if Turkeys bid is rejected. “We are testing Europe. Will Europe be able to accept a country that has a Muslim population? Are you [Europe] against Islamophobia or not?” Erdoğan asked in Djibouti on Saturday at a joint press conference with his Djiboutian counterpart, Ismail Omar Guelleh. “You have to accept Turkey to the EU. Turkey is now a powerful country. If you still see Turkey as a country that would beg [for accession] at your door, Turkey is no longer a country that would beg at your door. Turkey would join the EU if it is accepted. If it is not [accepted], it would draw its own path,” Erdoğan said. READ: todayszaman/national_erdogan-to-deem-eu-islamophobic-if-turkeys-bid-rejected_370724.html#
Posted on: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:52:30 +0000
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