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The Ministry of Overseas Affairs made a press release relating to the 2022 Turkey Report printed by the European Union (EU) Fee and condemned the statements within the report.
The next statements have been included within the written assertion made by the Ministry:
“The 12 months 2022 printed by the European Union (EU) Fee at present Turkey Reportas soon as once more reveals the EU’s method to our nation, which is much from its strategic viewpoint and and not using a imaginative and prescient. This report, by which the tasks in direction of the candidate nation Turkey are ignored and a double-standard method is displayed, is one other instance of the EU’s biased perspective in direction of Turkey.
Whereas the significance of performing collectively and cooperation in opposition to widespread challenges was emphasised on the first assembly of the European Political Group, held on 6 October with the participation of our President, it’s regrettable that this spirit of solidarity was not mirrored within the Turkey Report. We don’t settle for baseless claims and unfair criticisms, particularly within the political standards and the chapter on Judiciary and Elementary Rights. We utterly reject the unjust claims of the EU, which doesn’t take away the political obstacles to the negotiation chapters, in opposition to our political system, our legislators and directors, elementary rights and freedoms in our nation, some judicial choices, and our struggle in opposition to terrorism.
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The truth that the sections of the report on the Jap Mediterranean, Aegean and Cyprus points, as all the time, mirror the unlawful and maximalist views of the Greek/Greek duo, the Turkish Cypriots are ignored within the report, and the views of our nation and the TRNC are usually not included in any approach, which clearly reveals whose pursuits the report was written for. . We remind you once more that the EU just isn’t a global judicial physique in figuring out the maritime jurisdiction areas. The EU’s act on this approach is in opposition to each its personal acquis and worldwide legislation.
It is usually unusual that our nation is criticized within the report for not taking part within the sanctions imposed by the EU throughout the framework of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, though it doesn’t have any obligations. We emphasize as soon as once more that the export of grain from Ukraine and the change of prisoners between the opponents can solely be realized due to Turkey’s principled method.
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Contemplating the present geopolitical challenges, the EU ought to see Turkey as a negotiating candidate nation, not as a 3rd nation to knock on its door when wanted, and will fulfill the necessities of the pact constancy precept. The EU’s reviews will solely be taken critically by us when such an method is adopted.”
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