ANKARA, July 23 (WNM) - Following the European Union's repetitive failures to deliver on its promises, Turkey said that the readmission deal is no longer functioning and unilaterally decided to suspend its commitments, the Sabah newspaper reports.

Ankara announced that the readmission deal with the European Union signed in April 2016 will no longer be functional as long as the bloc continues to not fulfill its promise of visa-free travel for Turkish citizens.

"We will not wait at the EU's door. The readmission agreement and visa-free deal will be put into effect at the same time," Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said yesterday in a TV interview, and added that Turkey has decided to suspend its commitments in the deal.

The notification comes at a time when Istanbul just has announced to no longer accept any unregistered refugees in the city. The Syrians without proper registration have been ordered on Monday to leave the city until mid of August.

Ankara and Brussels signed an agreement in 2016 to find a solution to the influx of refugees heading to the union. According to the deal, Turkey was promised a total of 6 billion euros in financial aid, which was initially designed to be given to the country in two stages and be used by the Turkish government to finance projects for Syrian refugees. Visa freedom for Turkish citizens was also promised to be provided under the agreement.