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| Turkey's EU accession to advance rapidly under CHP rule, party leader says |
| 2015-10-10 |
| [Hurriyet Daily News] ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... 's European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... accession process will "advance rapidly" if main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will come to the government after the Nov. 1 snap election, CHP leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu said in an interview Oct. 9. "The [EU accession] process will advance rapidly. We won't wait for the EU to open a new chapter. Whatever standards the member countries have for democracy, law, gender equality, judicial independence etc., we will carry them out," Kilicdaroglu said in an interview with Euronews Channel. "So, we will surprise the union. The union will see that without opening a new chapter, Turkey will have already fulfilled all of the criteria," he added. Kilicdaroglu also accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... of "sabotaging" the June 7 general elections for not giving the mandate to the CHP after Justice and Development Party (AKP) leader Ahmet Davutoglu failed to form a coalition government. "The one who sabotaged the elections in a way is the one who lives in the palace, Mr. Erdogan," said Kilicdaroglu, upon a question asking why his party wasn't chosen to form a new government. "Regarding the constitution, he [Erdogan] needed to be impartial, he neglected impartiality. He was present at the election campaigning rallies. And he asked for votes openly, for the party that he used to be the leader of. He didn't want a coalition; he was really worried about this," said the CHP leader. "Even he said it would be suicide if Davutoglu had formed a coalition... Now we are heading for another election," he added. |
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