The Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk accusing upside Ankara convenience European Union. In an interview published this Sunday, January 31 the Turkish daily Hürriyet, the Nobel laureate says she chose to ignore attacks on the rule of law in Turkey due to the crisis of migrants and the fight against Daech.
“They (the Europeans) have forgotten all their values,” said the 2006 Nobel Prize for literature in an interview with Hurriyet newspaper. “They look at us as they watched Saudi Arabia once: if (the Turks) do what we want, no matter what they do at home,” he added. Hands tied
According to the writer, the fight against the Islamic state and the crisis group of migrants, two challenges where the EU can not do without Turkey, “has tied the hands of Europe”. Ankara and Brussels signed in late November an “action plan” which provides for an EU with 3 billion euros to the Turkish authorities in exchange for their commitment to better control their borders and to fight against the smugglers.