"Turkey Warns of Terror if EU Membership Declined
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned EU leaders that violence from Islamic extremists could escalate if the EU rejects his country's membership bid: 'There is nothing we can do if the EU feels that it can live with being simply a Christian club...but if these countries burn their bridges with the rest of the world, history will not forgive them.' Turkey first applied in 1963, and it is expected that a two-day summit will finally decide whether or not membership talks will proceed. 'No other country had to wait for 41 years at Europe's door. We have fulfilled all the criteria, but despite this Europeans are hesitating,' the Turkish leader said in Ankara."
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