March 11, 2011 - 18:15 AMT
Erdogan criticizes European Parliament’s report as one-sided

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan rebuked the European Union over its policies toward Turkey and criticized the European Parliament’s latest report as one-sided.

“Regretfully, the Turkish public has become frustrated by anti-enlargement remarks and debates as to whether Turkey is a part of Europe,” Erdogan said during a luncheon with the ambassadors of EU countries.

“It is only possible for Turkey to accept reports from the EU if they are neutral, unbiased and unhampered by the internal politics of the bloc’s parliament,” Hurriyet Daily News quoted him as saying.