Netherlands will welcome Turkey as an EU member state, Dutch FM says

[Kemalisté]

Opening negotiation on chapters 23 and 24 with the European Union will engage Turkey in the debate over the rule of law, visiting Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans has said.

Timmermans voiced his personal support for opening the chapters but said his government and Parliament would have the final word on the issue.

“Because I believe there are arguments to be said in favor of doing this, because it will engage Turkey in the debate on issues having to do with rule of law. I believe it will be good to engage in these subjects,” he said at the sixth meeting of the Turkey-Netherlands Bilateral (Wittenburg) Conference on Feb. 14.

“The Netherlands will be one, once negotiations have finished, who gladly welcome Turkey among the EU member states. It’s only fair that the process that started with the intention of making Turkey a member of the EU should lead to its membership if we can conclude the negotiations in a positive way,” the Dutch minister said.

Turkey has gone through an amazing transformation in the last 10 years, Timmermans added.

“At some stage, Turkey will have to end its negotiations with the EU and Turkey will then make the choice whether to become a member of the EU,” he said.

Timmermans also stressed that his country was “honored” to send Patriots to Turkey to protect the Turkish-Syrian border.

“Turkey is taking care of our security with great effort. We are very grateful for those contributions for our collective security,” he said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu, for his part, expressed Turkey’s expectation of support from the Netherlands on the opening of negotiation Chapters 23 and 24, along with support for new rounds of talks for the reunification of Cyprus.

On the other hand, when asked about Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent remarks that normalization with Israel was not possible without written protocol on the lift of the embargo on Gaza, Davutoğlu did not elaborate on the issue, but said “negotiations are continuing.”

Turkey and Israel have narrowed the gap on compensation talks and the parties approached a certain level, he said.

Following an agreement on compensation talks, “other issues regarding Gaza and Palestine” will also be on the agenda, Davutoğlu said.

“Turkey has the determination to do whatever is required for the recovery of the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the West Bank. We will continue our principle stance to enable these means,” he added.

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[Acquisitor]

most EU members will say "no", including Germany. Turkey is still an unstable wild country, so = no.

[Mehmet]

He has probably not yet seen your Hindu-looking face, to tell such things
Or he's maybe Leftist.

The European Union isn't precisely the Soviet Union btw.

What about leaving Turkey, where you are unwanted, and immigrating over there?

[Kemalisté]

most EU members will say "no", including Germany. Turkey is still an unstable wild country, so = no.

Most EU members are in fact supportive. Germany is the only opposing member, (excluding Cyprus, cause the dispute is expected to be resolved soon).

Turkey's membership will be voted in the European parliament, so it doesn't really matter what the people say. Their governments say yes.

[Acquisitor]

Most EU members are in fact supportive. Germany is the only opposing member, (excluding Cyprus, cause the dispute is expected to be resolved soon).

Turkey's membership will be voted in the European parliament, so it doesn't really matter what the people say. Their governments say yes.

emmn, I can assure you, Turkey is not going to be accepted as a member for at least a decade or so. The country is still too poor and too unstable as the recent events are showing.

[Mehmet]

emmn, I can assure you, Turkey is not going to be accepted as a member for at least a decade or so. The country is still too poor and too unstable as the recent events are showing.

If you refer to the June 2013 riots, actually, it was people like him who were causing chaos and anarchy in the streets.
It's like the World of the Apes.

So, I agree with you.

[Kemalisté]

emmn, I can assure you, Turkey is not going to be accepted as a member for at least a decade or so. The country is still too poor and too unstable as the recent events are showing.

I don't claim it will be soon but Turkey will eventually join the EU, no matter how much those haters stomp their feet.

And "poor"? Turkey is economically doing much better than at least half of the EU members.

[Mehmet]

Turkey is the stronghold of the right-wing, anti-evolution propaganda and works in a global scale.
Leftist and Free-Mason bosses of the EU would be afraid to let such a country in the EU.
Turkey would threaten even the sociology, religion (or irreligion), culture of the EU.


That's why they are afraid.

[Acquisitor]

I don't claim it will be soon but Turkey will eventually join the EU, no matter how much those haters stomp their feet.

its not some primitive hate, its pragmatism. Is the country still poor ? yes. Is the country politically unstable ? yes. are basic freedoms still being suppressed ? yes. Should the EU expect a large wave of immigration from Turkey if it joins ? yes.
does Turkey have a shitload of natural resources ? no.

no reason to accept Turkey into the EU, and especially there is noway to sell Turkey's membership to the population since nobody wants it.

[Kemalisté]

Turkey is the stronghold of the right-wing, anti-evolution propaganda and works in a global scale.
Leftist and Free-Mason bosses of the EU would be afraid to let such a country in the EU.
Turkey would threaten even the sociology, religion (or irreligion), culture of the EU.


That's why they are afraid.