Europe’s fate has not been written without Turkey up to today, and it will not be written without Turkey in the future, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said February 26 in Ankara, emphasizing Ankara’s importance to the European Unionm
, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Referring to British support for Turkey’s EU membership, Davutoğlu said the situation in France and Germany was not the same as situation in the United Kingdom.
“On the one hand we are trying to make Berlin and Paris to get involved in this issue (Turkey’s membership), and at the same time we are making efforts for countries who look warmly on Turkey’s accession in the bloc. Ultimately, Europe’s fate has not been written without Turkey up to now, and it won’t be written without Turkey in the future,” he said at a meeting organized by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
“The EU’s future decisions regarding Turkey’s membership will affect the future of Europe more than ours,” he added.
