Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls on the EU to treat his country like it does Ukraine for accession into the bloc
"Show Türkiye the same sensitivity that we are witnessing towards Ukraine," Turkish President Erdogan says.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on the European Union to treat his country like it does Ukraine, without waiting for it to be "hit by a war". "Show Türkiye the same sensitivity that we are witnessing towards Ukraine," Erdogan said at a press conference on Tuesday alongside his Kosovar counterpart Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu at the presidential complex in Ankara.
"We applaud Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the European Parliament: that's very good," said Erdogan.Recalling that Türkiye is already a member of NATO, he added: "Why don't you give the military equipment needed by Türkiye?"
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