"Turkey Has Patience for EU Membership: PM
2010-01-30 06:13:58
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday his government is determined and patient enough to achieve full membership to the European Union (EU) in spite of the attempts to block its accession process, Turkish media reported.
'Turkey has been waiting for the result of its application to the EU for 50 years, but we have patience,' the semi-official Anatolia news agency quoted Erdogan as telling a joint press conference with his Bulgarian counterpart Boyko Borissov, who is on a visit to Ankara.
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