Milliyet, Turkey
Sept 28 2006

Turkish newspaper article raps EU progress report

Just take a look at the articles being imposed under the title
"Acceleration of the reform process" in the European Parliament’s
advisory Turkey Report. It looks like a "surrender agreement" signed
after Turkey has lost some war. Minority rights, Armenian, Greek and
Cypriot requests, measures to neutralize the TSK [Turkish Armed
Forces] are among the list of demands, both its own and those of its
friends, that the EU is putting to us.

It is as if we only have one more step to take before we can join the
EU and all we have to do is accept these requests. Yet the exact
opposite is true. In one respect they are closing all entrances to
us. They never get bored with taking new measures. Is there no brave
soul in this country who will stand up to this attitude and say:
"Take this report and stick it on a shelf then draw up a more
considered one"?