Is there still faith in Europe among Turks?
Monday 6 May 2013, by Pauline Sauvage, translated by Sarah Declercq
It happened last 25th January. Recep Tyyip Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister, invited by the Turkish television channel Kanal 2, comes back on the evasive proposals of Vladimir Putin held in July, when the latter had asked him ‘not without humour’ to ‘ join the OSC (Organisation of Shangai Cooperation)’ and forget the European Union. Even if then, Mr. Erdogan just laughed politely, his tone changed a few months later and he confesses on the same TV channel that this hypothesis falls within the scope of ‘serious’ and of ‘intention’. He even states that Turkey shares common values with the countries member of an organization which proved to be an alternative to the EU and affirms : “the group of five of Shangai is better and stronger…”.
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