Turkey has announced it will stick to a pro-active EU strategy despite the bloc's move to partially freeze Ankara's membership talks over the Cyprus dispute, suggesting it would introduce reforms even in areas under the chapters to be temporarily shelved by the EU.
"If the goal is to reach European standards, then we will do it ourselves without the EU asking for it," Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul said on Monday (25 December), according to press reports.
Ankara's plan has ...
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