"Turkey warns Iran’s stance not helpful for building trust
Friday, April 14, 2006
ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
Ankara has voiced concern over an announcement by Iran this week that it had successfully enriched uranium to make nuclear fuel, drawing attention to the fact that such a move would not help overcome the ongoing crisis of confidence between Iran and the international community stemming from the country's controversial nuclear plans."
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Published: 4/14/2006
BY ERDAL GUVEN
RADIKAL- There’s a general belief in Europe that Turkey is suffering from reform fatigue. Officials from the European Union and leading European journals and newspapers are saying much the same. Actually, we can safely say that the EU synergy before the December 2004 Brussels summit has been absent for some time both on the government and public level. When Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul announced a reform package this week, obviously he aimed at dispelling this atmosphere in Turkey and Europe. However, the package excited neither Turkey nor the EU. So it didn’t do the job. So what’s the problem? Firstly, we shouldn’t ignore that Turkey’s membership talks with the EU have started. The genuine talks haven’t started yet, but the screening is actually the first step of these talks. Thus, Turkey’s EU membership process has settled into a systematic and institutional framework and now this framework is being filled. So there’s no problem with the process of membership, institutionally speaking."