Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday suggested Turkey take popular action on the ceaseless European Union accession process, pointing out the Union's apparent weakening, Daily Sabah reported.

"I'm seeing the signs of the end of the EU. I'm waiting for the process to go faster so that Turkey can determine its way; we have been waiting for membership for decades and there is no result," President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said late Thursday in TRT World Forum.

The president also suggested a referendum. "If the EU situation continues to go in this direction, we might ask the 80 million people of this country how they wish to proceed with this."

Criticizing the European Union's policies and Turkey's never-ending accession process, Erdoğan said: "Countries that applied at the same time, or after Turkey, have become members of the EU before us. If you are not going to let Turkey in, just let us know so that we don't tire ourselves anymore. Apparently they are not tired of tiring us."