Turkey rejects EU's 'baseless' report over its bid to join the economic bloc, saying EU's demand to have daily trade ties with Ankara only in areas that serve its own interests is 'unacceptable'
EU's approach serves no other purpose but to please"radical" circles in Europe that are against the EU and Turkey, says Ankara.
Turkey also rejected the inclusion of "inconsistent and biased" Greek and Greek Cypriot theses in the report. Turkey said the EU came up with unproportionate findings without evaluating the conditions specific to Turkey with regards to the country's governance, political system, basic rights and fight against terrorism.
The EU's approach served no other purpose than to please "radical" circles in Europe that are against the EU and Turkey, it said.Referring to the deal on refugees reached between Turkey and the EU on March 18, 2016, the ministry said the report solely focused on the migration part of the agreement.
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