Inkulumbuso yaseTurkey u-Erdogan uthi iTurkey iza kuthatha umthwalo kwi-EU kubaphambukeli abangekho mthethweni ngesivumelwano esitsha sokuphinda sisayinwe.
I-Turkey kunye ne-European Union (i-EU) basayine iSivumelwano sokuFunda ngoMvulo esiza kuvumela abemi baseTurkey ukuba banandiphe uhambo olungenayo i-visa kumazwe aseYurophu.
UNdunankulu waseTurkey u-Recep Tayyip Erdogan wagxininisa ukuba iTurkey ayiyi kuba ngumthwalo kwi-EU, kodwa iya kuthatha umthwalo kumazwe ase-EU kunye nesivumelwano esiya kuvumela ukubuyiswa kwabemi bamazwe angewona amalungu ahamba eYurophu ngokungekho mthethweni.
Akukho mntu kufuneka abe nexhala xa ii-visa zisusiwe kunye ne-EU. Asizi kuba ngumthwalo, siza kuzothula umthwalo,” utshilo u-Erdogan.
I-Turkey, umgqatswa wobulungu be-EU, ilele kwindlela enkulu yokufudukela eYurophu ngokungekho mthethweni ukusuka e-Afrika nakuMbindi Mpuma.
Iintetho ngesivumelwano sokwamkelwa kwakhona esivumela ukubuyiswa kwabaphambukeli ngokungekho mthethweni ziye zanqunyanyiswa iminyaka, ubukhulu becala ngenxa yokungathembi iTurkey malunga nokuvuma kwe-EU ukunciphisa imithetho ye-visa.
I-Turkey yaqala uthethathethwano lokujoyina i-EU kwi-2005, iminyaka eyi-18 emva kokufaka isicelo. Noko ke, uthotho lwemiqobo yezobupolitika; ngokuphawulekayo phezu kwesiqithi esahluleleneyo saseCyprus, kunye nokuchasa ubulungu baseTurkey obuvela eJamani naseFransi, kuye kwacotha inkqubela phambili.
