By Samia Nakhoul, Nick Tattersall and Orhan Coskun | ANKARA ANKARA Turkey will **t wait at Europe's door forever and is ready to walk away from EU accession talks if rising Islamophobia and hostility from some member states persist, President Tayyip Erdogan told Reuters in a wide-ranging interview on Tuesday.Speaking at the presidential palace less than two weeks after winning sweeping new powers in a referendum, a relaxed Erdogan said a decision by a leading European human rights body to put Turkey back on a watch list was "entirely political" and that Ankara did **t recognise the move.The Strasbourg-based Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe said it put Turkey back on review over its *****down on dissent since last year's coup attempt, rights violations, and concerns about Erdogan's increased grip on power.Turkey's relations with the EU soured further ahead of the referendum, when he accused Germany and the Netherlands of acting like Nazis by banning rallies by his supporters."In Europe, things have become very serious in terms of the extent of Islamophobia. The EU is closing its doors on Turkey and Turkey isn't closing its doors on anybody," Erdogan said, showing photos of vandalised mosques and supporters of the outlawed Kurdish militants rallying against him in Europe."If they're **t acting sincerely we have to find a way out. Why should we wait any longer?
04-26-2017, 02:01 AM
Erdogan says Turkey won?t wait at Europe?s door forever| Reuters
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