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23/06/2009Erdogan slams EU over Turkey's accession bid

The Turkish prime minister spoke out against EU opposition towards Turkey’s bid.

Ankara -- Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday that European hostility towards Turkey's EU bid has caused a "serious erosion" in the country's enthusiasm in the accession process.

"Turkey's (reform) efforts have not diminished at all ... But certain attitudes on the EU side have laid the ground for a serious erosion in public enthusiasm and public consensus" on joining the EU, Erdogan told a gathering of the ambassadors of EU countries in Ankara.

"No country will gain anything from making Turkey's membership issue a matter of domestic politics... It must be seen that this will harm Turkish-EU relations in the mid- and long-term," he said.

"The constant questioning of Turkey's status and efforts aimed at changing this status violate existing agreements," he said.

The leaders of EU heavyweights France and Germany have been particularly vocal in their opposition to Turkey's full membership, arguing that the country should be offered a lesser alternative such as "privileged partnership."

Far-right parties in some countries also angered Ankara in European Parliament elections earlier this month, campaigning against the mainly Muslim country's accession as part of a broader agenda to prevent the "Islamisation" of Europe.

Turkey began membership talks in 2005, but it has so far opened negotiations in only 10 of the 35 policy areas that candidates must complete.

The process has been slowed down also by Ankara's refusal to recognise EU member Cyprus and its sluggish pace of reform.

Erdogan said Turkey aimed at opening talks on an 11th chapter by the end of June and two others by the end of the year.

"It is obvious that positive attitudes on the EU side will boost our motivation" on reform, he said.

AFP/Expatica


2 reactions to this article

ahmet taştekin posted: 2011-11-24 23:51:46

Usa and european countries see the president and the prime miister of turkey gül and erdoğan as apostles of demokracy and peace.they don'tknow them or they don'tknow what they do in turkey or they do not suit their interest so they decepts their public opinion. the public opinion of usa and euroe should know the country violates human rights , low and demokracy mostly in middle east is turkey.the greatest racist dictators in the middle east are gül and erdoğan.they declare kurd people as enemy.kurd's language, culture, education in mather language and to make politica is forbidden.if anybody say anything about kurd's humanright he is sentenced to prison 80-100-200 years and his life is finished.every kurd politician has 30-40 courts of justic.turk goverment uses chemical and napalm weapons easily against to kurds.turk troops use genocide to kurdsas cumulatively.all kurd literates and journalists have been prisoned from 20-30 years, even most of them have not taken to court of justce.about 100 lowyears of kurd have been taken by polises and from 4 days they are at polis ofises.they are taken as prison according to only report of fashist-fetullah polises,the west public opinion should know that the greatest dictators is erdoğan in the middle east.pleasegive an assist to kurds.thankyou.

kasımlo emko posted: 2011-12-03 19:55:01

avrupa erdoğan ırkçılığını neden görmüyor?hergün onlarca kürt genci savaşta kullanımı yasak kimyasal bombalarla katlediyor.hergün yüzlerce kürt siyasetçi, doktor, öğretim üyesi, öğretmen ve üniversite öğrencisi suçsuz yere tutuklanıyor.erdoğan kürt lere karşı ırkçı ve faşizan bir savaş açmış.üstelik esadd ı, mübarek i vs yi diktatörlükle suçluyor.ortadoğuda eğer bir diktatör aranıyorsa en büyük diktatör erdoğandır.türkiye kürt ler için tamamiyle bir cezaevine dönüştürülmüştür.ey avrupalı!neden mazlum kürt halkının çığlıklarını duymuyorsun?bir avuç petrol bu kadarmı insanlığınızın önüne geçmiş?

2 reactions to this article

ahmet taştekin posted: 2011-11-24 23:51:46

Usa and european countries see the president and the prime miister of turkey gül and erdoğan as apostles of demokracy and peace.they don'tknow them or they don'tknow what they do in turkey or they do not suit their interest so they decepts their public opinion. the public opinion of usa and euroe should know the country violates human rights , low and demokracy mostly in middle east is turkey.the greatest racist dictators in the middle east are gül and erdoğan.they declare kurd people as enemy.kurd's language, culture, education in mather language and to make politica is forbidden.if anybody say anything about kurd's humanright he is sentenced to prison 80-100-200 years and his life is finished.every kurd politician has 30-40 courts of justic.turk goverment uses chemical and napalm weapons easily against to kurds.turk troops use genocide to kurdsas cumulatively.all kurd literates and journalists have been prisoned from 20-30 years, even most of them have not taken to court of justce.about 100 lowyears of kurd have been taken by polises and from 4 days they are at polis ofises.they are taken as prison according to only report of fashist-fetullah polises,the west public opinion should know that the greatest dictators is erdoğan in the middle east.pleasegive an assist to kurds.thankyou.

kasımlo emko posted: 2011-12-03 19:55:01

avrupa erdoğan ırkçılığını neden görmüyor?hergün onlarca kürt genci savaşta kullanımı yasak kimyasal bombalarla katlediyor.hergün yüzlerce kürt siyasetçi, doktor, öğretim üyesi, öğretmen ve üniversite öğrencisi suçsuz yere tutuklanıyor.erdoğan kürt lere karşı ırkçı ve faşizan bir savaş açmış.üstelik esadd ı, mübarek i vs yi diktatörlükle suçluyor.ortadoğuda eğer bir diktatör aranıyorsa en büyük diktatör erdoğandır.türkiye kürt ler için tamamiyle bir cezaevine dönüştürülmüştür.ey avrupalı!neden mazlum kürt halkının çığlıklarını duymuyorsun?bir avuç petrol bu kadarmı insanlığınızın önüne geçmiş?

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