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Erdogan warns Turkey EU bid ‘on table’ after referendum
10 years agoA handout picture taken and released on April 8, 2017 by the Turkish Presidential Press Service shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivering a speech during a campaign rally for the "yes" vote in a constitutional referendum on the Yenikapi Square in Istanbul. On April 16, 2017, the Turkish public will vote on whether to change the current parliamentary system into an executive presidency. Yasin BULBUL / TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / AFP
In a speech in the Aegean city of Izmir, Erdogan described Europe as a "sick man", using the jibe that nineteenth century European politicians used to describe the decaying Ottoman Empire.