Turkey can "forget"
the idea of joining the European Union, ex premier and former
European Commission president Romano Prodi said Friday.
"Now it really is over," said Prodi in reference to
Turkey's position following last week's attempted military coup
and the ensuing political purges.
"And it may have to forget NATO as well".
With around 500,000 soldiers under arms Turkey "is the
second country in the Atlantic Alliance after the United
States", Prodi said.
Therefore "either Turkey changes or NATO changes - although
it would be good if they both changed," he continued.
"It is not clear what NATO is up to: it never changes its
objectives when instead the whole world has changed."
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