erdogan states turkey to reject any pressures to urge it to recognize cyprus
ankara 12 - 1 ( afp ) - turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan announced today , wednesday , that ankara will reject any pressure by the european union to urge it to recognize cyprus . this comes two weeks before the summit of european union state and government heads who will decide whether or nor membership negotiations with ankara should be opened .
erdogan told " ntv " television station that " the european union cannot address us by imposing new conditions on us with regard to cyprus .
we will discuss this dossier in the course of membership negotiations . "
he added " let me be clear , i cannot sidestep turkey , this is something we cannot accept . "