erdogan stresses that turkey will reject all pressures to force it to recognize cyprus
ankara 12 - 1 ( afp ) - turkish prime minister recep tayyip erdogan announced today , wednesday , that ankara would refuse all pressures applied on it by the european union to force it to recognize cyprus . that came two weeks before the summit of the presidents and prime ministers of the european union , who would decide on whether to open negotiations on joining with ankara or not .
erdogan said to " ntv " tv station that the " european union can not communicate with us by imposing on us new conditions related to cyprus .
we will discuss this file during the negotiations on joining . "
he added , " let me be clear . turkey's arm should not be twisted . this is unacceptable to us . "