[And that's what she did. En route home, Hughes singled out to reporters] a really interesting meeting ... a common man in Turkey. |
[Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul warned he would not show up in Luxembourg if the mandate was watered down.] We are not striving to begin negotiations no matter what, at any cost, ... If the problems aren't solved, then the negotiations won't begin. |
[Turkey said it is not violating the new U.S. law.] The sanctions ban investments in Iran. We're not going to invest in Iran. This is only a trade agreement, ... The two countries will build their own sides of the natural gas pipeline. |
A partnership between the EU and Turkey would not be established if the EU did not keep its promises, if leaders of the EU member states forgot they had signed several documents or neglected their signatures due to some reasons, and if they brought forward new conditions which could never be accepted by Turkey, |
a terror attack which has international links. |
An act of prejudice against us |
At the time of the Cold War, we were defending Europe when some of the countries in the EU today were on the other side of the fence. |
Because of the holiday, we will apply to parliament this week, |
Everyone knows there's no point in going to Luxembourg without seeing this document. |
expresses its readiness to establish relations with the new partnership state that will emerge following a comprehensive settlement on Cyprus. |
I can't see any problem that will prevent the start of talks on October 3, |
I cannot say anything definite about whether negotiations will be opened in a few days. They may or may not be launched, |
I trust the EU will overcome the skepticism which now exists within the Union (towards Turkey), ... We expect that those concerns of ours will be handled to mutual satisfaction. |
If the European Union decides not to keep its word, if its own leaders decide to forget their signatures beneath the decisions they've made before the ink has even dried ... if they decide to ignore all this and impose new conditions that Turkey will never accept ... then of course in that case this kind of partnership can never be. |
It was only in December (2004) that European Union leaders agreed to open membership talks with Turkey on Oct. 3 (2005). Yet as the date looms, doubts over whether the talks will start keep recurring. This is not because of any fault of my government, but rather because of certain countries within the EU, |