Turkey feels ‘betrayed’ by anti-accession EU leaders

‘A Turkish official says his country feels betrayed by those European Union (EU) leaders who have called for an end to accession talks with Ankara, stressing, however, that Turkey will not be deterred from joining the bloc.
In an interview with Reuters on Thursday, Turkey’s EU Minister Omer Celik expressed disappointment with such European leaders as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others who have demanded that Ankara’s accession to the EU be blocked.
Merkel said earlier this month that it was clear Turkey should not join the EU and accession talks should end. Following suit, Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, said on Wednesday that he saw no prospect of Turkey joining the EU in “the foreseeable future.”
Other officials, including from Austria, have called for an end to accession talks with Turkey as well. They want Turkish membership blocked over a harsh crackdown by Turkish officials in the aftermath of an abortive coup that was launched in mid-2016.’
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