01/11/2012 11:30
European Union may lose Turkey by 2023 if…
The European Union will lose Turkey if it doesn't grant it membership by 2023, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday.
It was the first time Erdogan has given an indication of how long Ankara might continue down the path towards EU entry, the Chicago Tribune reports.
He has previously set that year — the centenary of the founding of the Turkish republic — as the year for Turkey to become a global economic and political power, the Washington Post adds.