Abdullah Gul Turkey Quotations

We have reached a historic point, ... Turkey will be the only Muslim country in EU.

If the European Union decides not to keep its word, if its own leaders decide to forget their signatures beneath the decisions they've made before the ink has even dried ... if they decide to ignore all this and impose new conditions that Turkey will never accept ... then of course in that case this kind of partnership can never be.

Turkey is a sufficiently strong and secure country. Such incidents happen everywhere, in London, in Paris, everywhere,

Powell was simply expressing hope. There is no deadline for Turkey to respond.

It was only in December (2004) that European Union leaders agreed to open membership talks with Turkey on Oct. 3 (2005). Yet as the date looms, doubts over whether the talks will start keep recurring. This is not because of any fault of my government, but rather because of certain countries within the EU,

Once Turkey enters in the European Union, all these circles will also see themselves, one way or another, represented within the EU.

A partnership between the EU and Turkey would not be established if the EU did not keep its promises, if leaders of the EU member states forgot they had signed several documents or neglected their signatures due to some reasons, and if they brought forward new conditions which could never be accepted by Turkey,

This is a historic decision both for Turkey and for Europe. It (the commission) has made the recommendation it had to make.

The genuine step Turkey expects is direct trade together with financial aid. This unilateral decision by the EU will bring new problems and difficulties.