Turkey warns of opening ‘European’ gates to migrants if pushed by EU

Author: Web Desk

ANKARA: President Tayyip Erdogan warned the European Unionon Friday that Turkey could open its gates for migrants to Europe if pushed by the EU – after a vote to ‘temporary halt’ Ankara’s EU membership.

“If you go any further, these border gates will be opened. Neither I nor my people will be affected by these dry threats. It wouldn’t matter if all of you approved the (European parliament) vote,” he said.

Erdogan also said a controversial ruling party proposal that could allow men accused of sexual abuse to avoid sentence was not prepared carefully and believed that the issue would be brought back to parliament with a wider consensus.

The proposal would have allowed sentencing to be indefinitely postponed in cases of sexual abuse committed ‘without force, threat or deception’ before November 16 – if the perpetrator married the victim.

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