The urkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the European countries affected by the attacks, accused of "democracy and freedom" to move aside.
Brussels asks Ankara to relax the anti-terrorism law, in exchange for a visa waiver.
"Those who criticize us, have come to put aside democracy and freedom when the bombs began to explode in their territories," Erdogan said Saturday during a speech in Malatya.
"That those who ask Turkey to adapt its anti-terrorism law, begin to remove the tents prepared by the terrorists to the doors of the European Parliament," said Erdogan. In addition, he probably refers to a recent action by Kurdish militants in Brussels.
Erdogan said earlier that there was no way possible that Turkey adjusts the Anti-Terrorism Act. However, this is where the European Union's demands in exchange for the abolition of visa requirements for Turks wishing to travel to the Schengen zone. Ankara made that visa exemption a prerequisite for applying the European-Turkish agreement on the approach to refugees.
By Editors Nieuws.be: Belga Photo: REUTERS
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