Turkey challenged the EU over the weekend saying that any new condition put to the country will make it go its "own way" and end its bid to become an EU member.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that it would not mean "the end of the world" to the country if it were forced to stay out of the EU by new conditions it could not accept.
Turkish daily Zaman quoted Mr Erdogan at a conference in Italy over the weekend as saying that "if the promises are not kept, then...
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