"Interview With Editor of Turkish Daily News: 'Turkey Is Already Part of Europ'
Manuela Paraipan - 8/10/2006
Manuela Paraipan recently traveled to Turkey where she interviewed Yusuf Kanli, Editor-in-Chief of the Turkish Daily News.
MP: Do you think that Turkey belongs to the European Union club of nations?
YUSUF KANLI: I do not know whether or not Turkey should belong to the EU, or if the EU should take Turkey in, but definitely Turkey belongs to Europe. Turkey is already part of Europe.
MP: I am well aware of that, but my question was whether Turkey's place from a socio-political perspective is in the EU?
YK: Socially, culturally, economically, militarily and politically to a great extent, Turkey is part of Europe. But, will it become a EU member? That’s something else. The EU is a political formation, and the members of the club will have to decide themselves whether or not they see potential in having Turkey as a member or if there are merely disadvantages.
If they see disadvantages, they will not take Turkey in, but this would not be a big problem."
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