Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that the
European Parliament’s President Martin Schulz’s threatening
statements have no effect on Turkey, after the latter criticized
the detention of journalists and opposition lawmakers on terror
charges.
"Schulz’s threatening statements have no effect on us. First, he
should stop the activities of the PKK in the European Parliament.
If he is strong enough, he should be using this discourse against
those supporting terror in the EU member countries," he said.
The Turkish minister said that Schulz would do whatever was
necessary to impose economic sanctions against Turkey. "What we are
seeing is that the EU and its parliament president's are using a
hypocritical rhetoric," Daily Sabah cited him as saying.