The assertion from the Overseas Ministry is as follows:
“The 2022 Turkey Report, printed at the moment by the European Union (EU) Fee, reveals as soon as once more the EU’s strategy to our nation, which is way from its strategic perspective and and not using a imaginative and prescient. This report is one other instance of the EU’s bias in direction of Turkey.
Whereas the significance of performing collectively and cooperation towards frequent 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 fully reject the unjust claims of the EU, which doesn’t take away the political obstacles to the negotiation chapters, towards our political system, our legislators and directors, basic rights and freedoms in our nation, some judicial choices, and our combat towards terrorism.
“IT IS AGAINST INTERNATIONAL LAW”
The truth that the sections of the report on the Jap Mediterranean, Aegean and Cyprus points, as at all times, 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 aren’t included in any method, which clearly reveals whose pursuits the report was written for. . We remind you once more that the EU will not be a global judicial physique in figuring out the maritime jurisdiction areas. The EU’s act on this method is towards each its personal acquis and worldwide regulation.
Additionally it is unusual that our nation is criticized within the report for not collaborating within the sanctions imposed by the EU throughout the framework of the Russia-Ukraine battle, 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 strategy.
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 may fulfill the necessities of the pact constancy precept. The EU’s reviews will solely be taken critically by us when such an strategy is adopted.”
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