Turkey will not accept a "privileged partnership" with the EU, the country's EU Minister Omer Celik has said, Anadolu reports.
"If we are offered a privileged partnership, we will not even consider it, and simply reject," Celik said.
Turkey had applied for the EU membership in 1987 and accession talks began in 2005.
However, negotiations stalled in 2007 due to the objections of the Greek Cypriot administration in the divided island of Cyprus, as well as opposition from Germany and France.