Play the dhimmi, Europeans, or face the consequences. From [1] AFP, with thanks to Ali Dashti:

ISTANBUL, Sept 12 (AFP) - Turkey`s ties with the European Union will suffer if European leaders fail to give the go-ahead in December for the start of accession talks with the mainly Muslim country, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned.

"I do not want to consider such a possibility, but I believe all our friends should think carefully on the possibility of a negative decision derailing our ties," Erdogan told a conference on his country`s EU bid here late Saturday.

"In such a case, we cannot of course act as if nothing happened in our ties with the EU," Erdoagn added.

He did not elaborate on the likely repercussions of a possible rejection by the bloc.