"Girl From Akcaova
Published: 1/19/2006
BY SEMIH IDIZ
MILLIYET- We need good news these days. Therefore, I congratulate two reporters from the CNN Turk channel for the ‘EU in Turkey’ series which they have prepared. The people in Turkey think of negativities, when they hear the word EU, as if it was established to destroy us. We hear this shallow view from some people sometimes. However, we should tell them that Ankara should end this issue and remove this threat. Some people might consider this a very simple stance, but this is very reasonable, considering the simplicity of the view that the EU will destroy us. Meanwhile, obviously, the issue isn’t as simple as that. The research on the Turkish Armed Forces’ (TSK) march to the EU which was published on the Foreign Affairs journal and prepared by the people in relation with the General Staff say that the EU membership is the best choice among the bad choices against the threats of fundamentalism and separatism. However, it’s pleasing that some people started to see certain things, which are shown by this series. It is about the EU funds and socio-economic projects which are encouraged in the entire country. Turkey received more than €1 billion in the last three years only from this unit. Of course, this amount is less than the money received by Spain, Portugal and Greece once upon a time."
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