The European Union has not treated Turkey fairly or objectively, Ankara’s government spokesman Bekir Bozdag said, after the top EU official in charge of accession negotiations said Ankara was moving rapidly away from the path to membership of the bloc.
Speaking after a cabinet meeting in Ankara, Bozdag said positive statements included in the EU’s progress report on Turkey did not mask its unfair treatment of the country, Reuters reported.
European Commissioner Johannes Hahn said earlier that Turkey was taking “huge strides away” from the EU as Brussels delivered its harshest criticism yet of what it sees as Ankara’s shift toward authoritarianism.
