To me, it seems more like Erdogan played the EU card to get internal and external critics off his back - and now that he has "consolidated" his support at home, he doesn't need the EU card, also you can only play it out so many times before it gets old.
To me, it seems more like Erdogan played the EU card to get internal and external critics off his back - and now that he has "consolidated" his support at home, he doesn't need the EU card, also you can only play it out so many times before it gets old.