‘ Time to bust the myths about Turkey. Europe couldn’t do without us.’

U - pean public debates about Turkey.

- tarian suffering. The number of Syrian - one per capita spender on humanitarian assistance in the entire world.

to deny terrorist entities any room in Syria. Turkey is using force against both the Kurdish PKK/YPJ and Daesh, and is - ians. We will continue to expose the dark propaganda that aims to mislead public opinion about Turkey’s role in Syria. We networks, such as how PKK/YPG terror allowing them to roam freely.

Third, Turkey is working hard to promote a political solution. From the Astana talks to the Sochi congress, Turkey has been on the side of ultimately engendering a

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protecting our citizens, aims to clear the road to peace by taking action against the threat to Syria’s territorial integrity posed by terrorist entities. Fighting Daesh must terrorists. We ask the US and others to stop arming the PKK/YPG.

- rope’s neighborhood and urgently needs when, in Helsinki in the mid-1970s, we and pledged to respect human rights and needs that sort of a contract now more

Nation states are under attack from transnational forces, some benign and some – such as separatism, sectarianism and terrorism – harmful. The resilience of nation states needs strengthening against such harmful forces. This, and not the endless splintering of states, is the formula for the security and well-being The region needs an order that is homegrown and takes existing borders as a - ians as mandated by the United Nations

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Turkey’s fundamental orientation.

and transatlantic body. It is true that my people are unhappy with the positions - one-sided) solidarity.

Turkey’s EU membership.

This is to - let us set our optics right: without Turkey, - able. In the economic sense, too, Turkey is an asset, thanks to an economy that therefore incorrect.

It should be appropriate to prepare our - ity of Turkish membership rather than - racy, peace and prosperity will depend extremes, and Turkey is part of the solu-

- throw democracy in Turkey by force. In an epic confrontation, the people and the state

democratic country. Now, we are going through a necessary phase during which - all positions of power in the state organs, media, business and academia. This is a painful process but we act strictly when we are simultaneously fighting other terrorists across the border. The state of emergency will end as soon as there is no longer a need for it, and no

In our day and age, the information - beyond such confusions, for all of us to re-intensify contacts and processes at all

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