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...main goal is to share his appreciation for, and to ask for a continuation of U.S. support for Turkey's accession to the European Union. The EU will hold a crucial summit in Copenhagen later this week to discuss the question of enlargement. Turkey is the only applicant that has not been given a date to begin negotiations over becoming part of the EU. We believe that Turkey does deserve to be given a date. We have made 48 constitutional amendments and many reforms over the past 18 months, and another reform package will be voted on in parliament this...
...TIME: Why, in your opinion, has the European Union been reluctant to start the process of assessing Turkey as a candidate for membership...
...interpretation problem on their part. Turkey has long been a part of Europe. Some 4 million Turks live in Europe, and the country is represented in most European institutions. It has long been a member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and of NATO. Turkey has been in the frontline of defending European values during Cold War and after, and it's a great shame not to begin the process of admitting Turkey to the EU. I guess the reluctance is based on a view of the EU as a club of Christians...
...country can only become a full member once it has fulfilled the economic criteria. Turkey does not claim that it is economically ready for membership. But it is ready to start negotiations, which take years, during which time the economy will be reformed to meet EU criteria...
...TIME: You spoke of Turkey's eventual accession to the EU sending a powerful positive to message to the Arab and Muslim world. Can Turkey serve as a model to those countries...