During an address to a business group, the Young Businessmen's Confederation of Turkey (TÜGİK), in Ankara on Thursday, Erdoğan said he had told the European Union's two top officials, Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk, that the time could come when Turkey would open the gates for migrants to travel to Europe.
"In the past we have stopped people at the gates to Europe, in Edirne we stopped their buses. This happens once or twice, and then we'll open the gates and wish them a safe journey, that's what I said," he said on Thursday.
A Greek news website said on Monday that Erdoğan, in a meeting in November with Juncker and Tusk, had threatened to flood Europe with migrants if EU leaders did not offer a better deal to help Turkey manage the refugee crisis.
Erdoğan lashed out at critical media for its coverage of the story, and said there is nothing to be ashamed of in the dialogue. The minutes of the meeting showed that Erdoğan had defended the rights of Turkey and of the Syrians, adding that it was not "a document of shame."
Erdoğan appeared to renew that threat on Thursday, saying Turkey could stop turning back refugees at its European borders.
He also lambasted the UN for what he called its ineffective dealing with the refugee crisis and for being hypocritical in its calls on Turkey to open the border with Syria...
[ todayszaman.com]
11/2/16
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