Turkey's Erdogan Tells The EU: "We Will Go Our Way, You Go Yours"

The Guardian: EU-Turkey visa deal on brink as Erdoğan refuses to change terror laws

Refugee pact appears in danger of falling apart as Turkish president tells Europe: ‘We’ll go our way, you go yours’

A visa-free travel deal between the EU and Turkey was on the brink of collapse on Friday night, after Turkey’s president insisted he would not change his country’s anti-terrorism laws, a key condition of the agreement. “We’ll go our way, you go yours,” said Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

When the European commission made a conditional offer of visa-free travel earlier this week, it said Ankara must rewrite its anti-terrorism laws because they were used to prosecute journalists and government critics.

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