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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that Turkey’s future is linked to Europe.
“We cannot see ourselves anywhere other than Europe,” he said. Our future with Europe.
He said so in a video message delivered to the ruling party’s Congress on Sunday. AFP.
“We hope that the European Union keeps its promises,” Erdogan said. They will not discriminate against us. At least we wish they were not considered our enemies.
Erdogan said that there is no problem with any country or organization in Turkey that cannot be resolved through politics, diplomacy or dialogue.
Turkey faces a blockade by the European Union due to tensions with Greece over oil and gas exploration in the Mediterranean.
For the past few months, French President Emmanuel Macron has been playing a vocal role against Turkey on various issues. According to various media reports, he is making various efforts to block the European Union against Turkey.
Turkey will move away from its position
Earlier on Saturday (November 21), Erdogan said in a video speech at the Halifax International Security Forum that Turkey, a Muslim state in Europe, would not back down from its position in the East or the West.
“Nowhere in the east or west do we have an opportunity to withdraw,” Erdogan said. In addition to developing relations with Europe, we can never ignore Asia and Africa.
The Turkish president said that Turkey has strong relations with the West without ignoring the East.
Erdogan added that geographically Turkey is an African-Eurasian country. As a result, it is not only wrong for us to limit ourselves diplomatically to a narrow structure; It is impossible.
“We take our position in NATO very seriously,” he said. We are members of this alliance for the last 6 years. Turkey also borders NATO.
Erdogan said that Turkey has made significant contributions to the NATO alliance in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean and other regions. Ankara has borne a huge burden.
The Turkish president claims that Turkey will not give anyone the opportunity to question reality for narrow political reasons.
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