Turkey PM Erdogan on 'Turkey's European Future' - January 19, 2009 - Brussels

Turkey joined the Customs Union in 1996, and first began building relations with the EU as far back as 1966. Now, forty-three years later, we are still trying to become a member of the European Union, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said in Brussels on 19 Jan. '09.

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Summary of Debates) on www.friendsofeurope.org.

Friends of Europes VIP Dinner Debate on Monday 19th January 2009 kicked off the European political year with a stimulating discussion on Turkeys European Future. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan put a powerful case for Turkey as future member of the European Union to a distinguished gathering of senior politicians, policy makers, managerial executives and journalists

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[MetalGearArmA]

@aweinsto yeah we can but if they stop hating all Arabs around the world because they dont hate Palestine only but they hate all the Arabic World thats why

[CHRISTOKONI]

who cares about turkey?turkey is an asian country...

[johnnywires3]

@TheRealKivanchK you are the first to admit your are an asshole and have no brains.that is a good start.next just shut that big mouth of yours.

[ratzP]

@TheRealKivanchK practice what u preach,, Reeead,,read wikileaks!!!

read where it talks about the Turks and their " illusions of grandeur " !!!

ATA-silly,,dont u think?? is this the right time to b dreaming about the re-

birth of the otto-boy empire??surelly not !! but then we Greeks told u so!!

[TheRealKivanchK]

@ratzP You r probably Armenian and i ignore what u wrote. And forgive your insults. Poor soul..

[ratzP]

@TheRealKivanchK u must read my intalment in Ratz-o-Pedia "what is a Turk"

a Turk is someone that rants&rave (similar2a typical islamist) jack of all trades

and master of none (just like an Arabs)!! oh yes i'll b writing about Turkeys luck

of Human Rights soon (shame on mustafa) and how he (terrorist) wants2save

us from err terrorist err him self?? oh i dont know,,,this Turks r sooo otto-stupid

[TheRealKivanchK]

@johnnywires3 What does this "malaka" mean? Coz i've been hearing this word from all jerks and morones. Mostly imbecile racists are using this word. Does it mean "I'm an asshole and i have no brains" ?

[TheRealKivanchK]

@678now True. On that sense i see no difference between Erdogan, Berlusconi and Sarkozy. They r all jungle capitalists.

[TheRealKivanchK]

@ratzP You are the terrorist here as you are terrorizing this page. Read some books. Turkey has been leading the fight against terrorism since 60's. Also TR doesn't need terrorism as she has the second most powerful army in NATO. TR is the descendant of Ottoman Empire that dominated the 3 continents (including Europe) for centuries. You make the common mistake of putting TR in the same basket with Islamic countries. Nobody forced TR to become a democracy. Turks made their own revolution. Read!

[TheRealKivanchK]

@ratzP No sir! When it comes to irrationality, i don't see much difference between any race & religion combination. Be it muslim or christian, jewish or indian.. Religion itself is irrational and it goes hand in hand with fascism. And you are right. Those 5 languages are not foreign for they r all Euro-Asian languages (English, Spanish, Italian, German, Russian) . As I identify myself as Euroasian, they are all native to me. Roger?