"Verheugen spoke in Ankara
Günter Verheugen
Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Enterprise and Industry
Turkey belongs to Europe
TUSIAD: on the occasion of the award of the Bosphorus Prize for European Understanding
Ankara, 19th January 2007
Ladies and Gentlemen,
My first visit to Ankara was only in 1999. I came along together with J. Solana, late at night, in a plane from Helsinki to inform the Turkish government that the European Council has decided to accept Turkey as a full fledged candidate country to the EU, on equal footing with 12 other European countries striving for EU membership. We flew back to Helsinki to inform the 15 heads of States and governments about the positive response of Turkey and this was the start of an historical process. "
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