Erdoğan's EU Relationship on the Brink: Threats of Parting Ways

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticized a report from the European Parliament on Turkey's EU accession talks and threatened to "part ways" from the bloc. The report expressed concerns about human rights and rule of law violations in Turkey and suggested finding an alternative framework for relations. Turkey-EU ties have deteriorated in recent years, and talks over accession have stagnated, but EU foreign ministers agreed in July to move forward with relations.