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    TURKISH SPEAKER SAYS EU SHOULD BE HONEST, OBJECTIVE ABOUT EU ACCESSION

    Anatolia news agency
    1 Oct 2005

    Ankara, 1 October: Turkish parliament Speaker Bulent Arinc said on
    Saturday [1 October] 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 manoeuvres."

    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 3 October, 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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