Wednesday, 1 July 2009Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Turkey's expectation at the end of European Union (EU) entry negotiations is "full membership" and "accession".
In an address to the Turkish nation on TV channels, Erdogan said that Turkey is determined to go after changes not only in the economy but in all fields.
"One of our goals that carries high importance is full membership in the EU," Erdogan said.
"We can not accept any other goal but full membership at any stage of negotiations with the EU," Erdogan said.
"We are saddened by the fact that certain European politicians use Turkey's EU membership issue in their domestic politics and this issue is exploited," Erdogan said.
Such politicians unfortunately hurt the relations between our countries, Erdogan stressed.
"Turkey's direction is clear. EU membership is only a tool. The real goal is to carry Turkey to further points of contemporary civilization," Erdogan said.
"We will solve our problems in democracy and complete the process of change," Erdogan said.
"Our struggle will continue until our humans reach comfort and faces smile," Erdogan said.
Some of the most respectable global authorities refer to Turkey as the country that will come out of the global economic crisis most rapidly. We share the same notions. I would like to give this good news to you, Erdogan said.
Turkey has gone over the difficulties and we have seen the light at the end of the tunnel, Erdogan said.
"We believe that all of our economic precautions will reach the goal and we will begin to feel the results of economic revival in the shortest time possible," Erdogan said.
What we have to do here is to preserve Turkey's stability and use energy without paying attention to disaster scenarios, Erdogan said.
All economic indicators show that the global economic crisis is slowly ending. This is a pleasing development, Erdogan also said. |
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
ANKARA (A.A)
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