Mr. Bulut told the state-run TRT television on Monday that Turkey could make “very radical decisions” including shelving a Customs Union agreement with the EU, if the Union fails to “meet promises made to Turkish citizens”, indirectly referring to the visa liberation promise the EU granted, over a larger refugee deal.
 
There has been growing tension between Turkey and the European Union, especially after former Prime Minister’s Ahmet Davutoglu resignation. Davutoglu was a safeguard that the refugee deal would be implemented. Currently, President Erdogan refuses to narrow counter terrorism laws, which means for now the European Parliament is blocking visa liberation.
 
Bulut said: “All sorts of agreements can be suspended, including the Customs Union agreement. All ties with the EU can be revised”.
 
The German government does not expect Turks to get visa-free entry into the EU before 2017 because Ankara will not fulfill the conditions for that by the end of this year, newspaper Bild cited sources in Berlin as saying on Monday. A spokeswoman for the German government could not immediately comment on the report, according to Reuters.
 
In fact, relationships between Turkey and EU could only be expected to worsen, after President Erdogan appointed a close ally as new Prime Minister and managed to pass a new bill that strips MP’s from immunity. The bill could be used to hit the main opposition but also wipe out all parliamentary presence of HDP, Turkey’s third biggest group and pro-Kurdish party.