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    Turkish Press
    Oct 2 2005

    New Legislation Year Starts

    ARINC DRAWS ATTENTION TO CRITICAL DAYS IN TURKEY'S EU BID


    ANKARA - Turkish Parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said on Saturday
    that Turkey had its most critical days regarding its EU bid, adding
    ''Europe is being tested for honesty, equity and objectivity. We see
    and denounce those who try to impede Turkey's membership to the EU by
    taking some political maneuvers.''

    The new parliamentary term started the same day and the parliamentary
    general assembly convened under the leadership of Arinc.

    Addressing the parliament, Arinc said that Turkey would not cope with
    terrorism by restricting freedoms. ''This parliament should give the
    best response to terrorism by staying in solidarity,'' Arinc said.

    Referring to Turkey's EU bid, Arinc said that the Turkish people had
    difficulty in understanding the hypocrisy shown by EU towards Turkey.
    Arinc stressed that Turkey was a big state and it had the power to
    change some balances, adding that Europe was on the eve of taking an
    important decision.

    ''Europe will either accept our membership, adapt itself to the
    change in the world and get stronger or will impede our membership by
    looking inwards and loose its impact on world politics. Turkey's
    membership means the integration of the east and the west and the
    meeting of civilizations,'' Arinc said.

    Denouncing the attempt to bring claims like Armenian genocide onto
    the agenda prior to Oct. 3rd, Arinc said that the Turkish parliament
    would not accept a crime which its ancestors didn't commit just to be
    a member of the European Union.
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