gönderen Exclusive » Sal Oca 05, 2010 4:16 pm
"A much-needed acceleration of democratic reforms in Turkey comes at a critical point in its relations with the European Union, but the progress was made possible because of the ground work done in the context of its membership of the Council of Europe. That being said, the achievements of the past two years cannot and should not be attributed to external factors alone. In many ways, the positive developments of the past two years represent a return to the source, to the origins of the modern Turkish state.