Turkey’s foreign policy must become more Russia, Iran and Turkic states-oriented, the former president of the Turkish Historical Society, Nationalist Movement Party’s parliamentary candidate stated.

As Yusuf Halacoglu stressed, it’s time for Ankara to officially renounce the EU bid. “I can’t understand why Turkey is insisting on becoming a part of the EU, while Europe is clearly going through a regress, probably having to face a collapse in 10 years’ time. Turkey must be reasonable, attempting to form a new union with Russia, Iran and Turkic states,” the expert said, adding that Turkey would do right to cooperate with Iran and Russia concerning normalization of ties with Armenia, Sondakika reported.