{"id":751,"date":"2017-09-15T07:59:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T07:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/turkey-feels-betrayed-by-anti-accession-eu-leaders\/"},"modified":"2017-09-15T07:59:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T07:59:28","slug":"turkey-feels-betrayed-by-anti-accession-eu-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/turkey-feels-betrayed-by-anti-accession-eu-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey feels \u2018betrayed\u2019 by anti-accession EU leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Turkish official says his country feels betrayed by those European Union (EU) leaders who have called for an end to accession talks with Ankara, stressing, however, that Turkey will not be deterred from joining the bloc.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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\n\tIn an interview with Reuters on Thursday, Turkey\u2019s EU Minister Omer Celik expressed disappointment with such European leaders as German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others who have demanded that Ankara\u2019s accession to the EU be blocked.<\/p>\n

\n\tMerkel said earlier this month that it was clear Turkey should not join the EU and accession talks should end. Following suit, Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, said on Wednesday that he saw no prospect of Turkey joining the EU in \u201cthe foreseeable future.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOther officials, including from Austria, have called for an end to accession talks with Turkey as well. They want Turkish membership blocked over a harsh crackdown by Turkish officials in the aftermath of an abortive coup that was launched in mid-2016.<\/p>\n

\n\tCelik said, \u201cWe are indeed disappointed by Merkel and some others in the EU. At one of the hardest times in our history, we were left alone by our friends and allies,\u201d apparently in reference to the coup attempt.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen asked if Turkey felt betrayed, he said, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tCelik said the EU leaders were criticizing the Turkish government to deflect attention away from the bloc\u2019s internal problems, such as Brexit, migration, and reform.<\/p>\n

\n\tHe suggested that a leaders\u2019 summit of the EU and Turkey be called to improve relations.<\/p>\n

\n\tFormally ending Turkey\u2019s accession negotiations would require unanimity among EU states, which is lacking, though majority backing is enough to suspend them. EU leaders will discuss Turkey at a summit in Brussels in October, though no formal decision may come before next spring.<\/p>\n

\n\tTurkey has been trying to accede to the EU since the late 1980s, and formal accession talks eventually started in 2005.<\/p>\n

\n\tDespite the hostile rhetoric by some EU leaders, the bloc\u2019s foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini has made it clear that the talks with Ankara will continue.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe accession talks have effectively been halted since Turkey began the crackdown on supposed putschists in 2016.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe European Parliament voted in favor of halting the membership talks with Turkey in November 2016 over the crackdown.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2017, government-proposed reforms that turned Turkey\u2019s political system into a presidential one compounded the problem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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