Turkey Hints at a Breakup With Europe
By HARVEY MORRIS
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Budapest on Wednesday.Attila Kisbenedek/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Budapest on Wednesday.
LONDON — A half century after taking the first steps toward becoming an integral part of Europe, Turkey may be ready to give up.
After heavy hints that Ankara is looking eastwards to a closer alliance with Asia, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, said this week that membership in the European Union was not a must for Turkey.
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