Turkey to Suspend Relations With EU Over Cyprus

Turkey will freeze relations with the European Union if it gives Cyprus the revolving EU presidency in 2012, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister for Cyprus Affairs Besir Atalay said on Saturday, according to the state-run Anatolia news agency.
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Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay addresses a press conference in Ankara on December 17, 2009. (ADEM ALTAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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