President Erdoğan: Turkey is an inseparable part of Europe
President and party Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan addressed via videoconference party’s provincial congresses in Burdur, Gümüşhane, Isparta, Kastamonu and Sinop.
“We have never given up upholding democracy, the supremacy of national will, defending rights and freedoms, and our determination for change no matter what. Now, we are initiating a new leap forward that will further advance this process with new legal and economic reforms,” President Erdoğan said.
“TURKEY IS AN INSEPARABLE PART OF EUROPE”
Underlining that Turkey is an inseparable part of Europe, President Erdoğan said: “We have always been the strongest member of Western Alliances, NATO in particular. We have always preferred the West in areas from defense to trade as long as they have not compelled us to other quests. However, this does not mean that we are going to bow down to overt attacks, injustices imposed under different disguises, and double standards against our country and our nation.”
Calling on the EU to keep the promises it made to Turkey from full membership to the refugee issue, and to establish closer and more productive cooperation, President Erdoğan said: “We voice the same wish for our relations with our ally, the US. We believe we have a lot of things to do on a regional and global scale with a US which respects Turkey’s concerns its border security and defense needs.”
President Erdoğan also highlighted Turkey’s huge potential for cooperation with the entire Asia and Africa geography, particularly the Turkish Republics, with this it had long-standing, historical relations, Russia and the Gulf countries.
“We want those, who try to corner Turkey that has such a broad vision by using the rules, which they do not abide by themselves, as an excuse, to give up these methods,” President Erdoğan noted. “We by no means have a problem with the rights, laws, and especially the political and territorial integrity of any country. On the contrary, we act within the framework of these principles anywhere we are involved in.”
