Denmark Doubts Prospects Of Turkish Accession To Eu

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Pan Armenian News

DENMARK DOUBTS PROSPECTS OF TURKISH ACCESSION TO EU


09.08.2005 06:58

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Danish Premier Anders Fogh Rasmussen doubts prospects of
Turkey's accession to the EU. At the latest congress of the Liberal Party of
Denmark, headed by him, the PM stated it was not necessary for Turkey to be
an EU member equally as the EU countries. He spoke in favor of EU partners
to hold discussion over EU enlargement. «If the EU is too large, it will
collapse,» he said. Heads of EU countries and governments have determined
October 3 as the day for start of talks over Turkey's accession to the EU.

[Gavur]

Letter by Kurdish Mayors to Rasmussen on Roj TV. Criticizm by Gul

Istanbul NTV television (30.12.05) broadcast that a total of 56 mayors belonging to the Democratic Society Party wrote a letter to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, asking that Roj TV not be closed down.

In their letter to Rasmussen, the mayors, including Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir, noted the concern they feel over the antidemocratic approach of the Turkish Government with regard to the Roj TV issue.

Pointing out that on behalf of the people they represent they are asking that Roj TV not be closed down, the mayors claimed that otherwise an important vehicle struggling for democracy and human rights in Turkey will have been eliminated.

The mayor also stated that Roj TV is broadcasting from Europe because of the restrictions imposed on Kurdish broadcasts in Turkey.

The letter said: "We hope that, rather than ban Roj TV, Turkey will embrace and legalize this television station. We hope that one day Roj TV will become one of the many Kurdish televisions that begin broadcasting with the support of the Turkish Government, and that it can broadcast from Istanbul, Ankara, or Diyarbakir."
Istanbul HURRIYET newspaper (01.01.06) reported that Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, firmly reacting to the letter sent by 56 mayors to Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said the following:

"This is really very wrong. Such actions do not serve the solution of the problems, either. Evidently they are not aware of their responsibility. This is because this is related to acting irresponsibly. When I look at their actions, I understand that they are not aware of their responsibility. This shows that at a time when they should act responsibly, they are still acting very irresponsibly."

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