Turkish PM hails EU migrant deal as 'historic day'
(BRUSSELS) - Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu hailed a "historic day" Friday as the European Union and his country clinched a deal to try and curb the flow of migrants to Europe.
"It is also a historic day because we reached a very important agreement between Turkey and the EU," Davutoglu said at a press conference following a Brussels summit.
"We today realised that Turkey and the EU have the same destiny, the same challenges and the same future."
Under the deal, all new irregular migrants arriving in Greece will be sent back to Turkey.
The EU would take in one Syrian refugee from Turkish soil in exchange for every Syrian readmitted to Turkey from Greece in a move designed to discourage them from risking their lives in boats operated by smugglers.
In return, Turkey won an acceleration of its long-stalled bid for EU membership, the doubling of refugee aid to six billion euros ($6.8 billion) and visa-free travel by June.
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What the fuck davutoglu has been smoking???
Ignorant simpletons like him has cost Turkey countless
deals like that in the past.
When will they wake up and realize that they have the four kings or aces in their hands before succumbing to a phoney hand shake from a phoney european politician?
I guess it would have been too much to expect something constructive from another peasant in the AK party!!!!
Time to bring in the intellectuals from the CHP to make deals for Turkey.