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"Mr President, many people believe that Turkey deserves to be invited to join the EU. It is the only secular country and the only notable democracy in the Islamic world
probably the only one where we can speak of women’s rights in a European sense. Turkey has also officially renounced its Islamic inheritance. At the same time, Turkey is aware of Europe’s promise of an invitation to begin negotiations, since 2009 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes’s respective request. Representing a small nation, I believe that there are, however, a number of issues that ought to be resolved before the EU begins negotiations with Turkey.
First, Turkey must recognise the legitimate Greek Cypriot Government. In fact, there is no alternative, since candidate countries must commence negotiations with all EU Member States separately, and that includes Cyprus. Also, it is just as natural that Turkey should withdraw its armed forces from all positions within EU territory.
Second, I believe that Turkey must acknowledge the 1915 Armenian mass murder as genocide, which was not planned by religiously fanatical Osmans, but by secular young Turks, many of whom later became Ataturk’s supporters.
And third, why does Turkey completely disregard the fate of the world’s largest stateless nation, the Kurds?"@en1
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