Wednesday, May 10, 2006

JTW News - ‘Christian Turkey Would Be Treated Differently By EU’

"‘Christian Turkey Would Be Treated Differently By EU’
(Murat Sogangoz/JTW/Ankara) According to Zaman, Mario Soares, 82, having long served in Portuguese politics as the country’s prime minister and president, claimed if Turkey were a Christian country, it would have experienced a different process for its European Union membership process.

He added that Turkey has some internal problems, but it may be a member of the EU if it fulfils the EU norms and standards. Soares also expressed its view that he favored Turkey’s accession to the EU as soon as possible. "

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