EU Minister and Chief Negotiator Ömer Çelik has rebuffed criticisms from European Union member states of the emergency and anti-terror laws in Turkey, saying that Paris would take stricter and further measures if it were in Turkey's situation.

Speaking to journalists in the French capital, Minister Çelik said that Turkey is faced with a grave terror threat at home and along its borders.

"If France had a 1,295 kilometer-long border with Iraq and Syria, and the French parliament was bombed by [putschist] fighter jets, tanks were positioned near Eiffel Tower and civilians were killed, an assassination was staged to kill [President François] Hollande, most French politicians would find our measures insufficient," Çelik said.

The minister also commented on the rising far-right extremism across Europe. Stressing that Europe should have dealt with this crisis, he contended that rising extremism across the continent creates new "Berlin walls" against the other people.

Following the July 15 coup attempt, Ankara declared a state of emergency and has taken preventive measures against terrorists and terrorist groups. Meanwhile, European leaders and the European Union have harshly criticized Ankara's steps against the putschists.