Turkey's Erdogan lashes out at EU on terror laws, says 'We will go our way'


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  • Friday, 06 May 2016

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at the European Union on Friday, castigating it for telling Ankara to change its terror laws to meet a visa deal, even as Turkey was under threat from attacks.

"We will go our way, you go yours," Erdogan said in a speech broadcast live on television, comments likely to inflame concern that a planned visa liberalisation deal with Europe could fall through.

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