"Fried: Turkey's EU integration will be answer to bin Laden's terror
The New Anatolian / Washington
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Dan Fried stated late Thursday that the accession of Muslim Turkey into the European Union will be an answer to Osama bin Laden's terrorism by sending a strong message to the Muslim world.
'Although Turks are nostalgic about the Ottoman Empire, they're the first to say that Islam can live together with democracy,' said Fried, stressing that the integration of democratic, secular, economically developed Turkey with its Muslim traditions with Europe will be meaningful in the global fight against terrorism. "
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