EU will lose Turkey if it hasn’t joined by 2023, Erdoğan says

Report of comments by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Berlin on the 30 October 2012. He said that the European Union would lose Turkey if it did not grant it membership by 2023.

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ESO: Background information: Turkey doesn't recognise itself in EU’s 'broken mirror' http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey-doesnt-recognise-itself-in-eus-broken-mirror/

Deutsche Welle, 31.10.12: 'Turkey is not yet ready to enter the EU' http://www.dw.de/turkey-is-not-yet-ready-to-enter-the-eu/a-16345200

Spiegel Online International, 31.10.12: Erdogan Visit to Berlin Betrays Tensions http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/turkish-prime-minister-erdogan-sets-deadline-for-eu-admission-a-864579.html

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