erdogan confirms that turkey will reject any pressures to encourage it to recognize cyprus
ankara , 12 / 1 ( afp ) - the turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan declared today , wednesday , that ankara will reject any pressures that the european union may apply on it to encourage to recognize cyprus . this comes two weeks before a summit of the heads of countries and governments of the european union , who will decide on whether or not to start negotiations on joining with ankara .
erdogan told the ntv television station that " it is not possible for the european union to talk to us by imposing new conditions on us regarding cyprus .
we shall discuss this dossier during the negotiations on joining . "
and he added , " let me be clear . turkey's arm should not be twisted ; this is something we cannot accept . "