Ask Quote by Ali Babacan

The E.U. initially decided to end the isolation of Turkish Cyprus, to balance the accession of Cyprus. But the E.U. has not carried through…

— Ali Babacan

Turkey has a customs union with the E.U. - it still means there are checks on the border between Turkey and the E.U.

— Chris Grayling

The E.U. should want Turkey to be part of it.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey has in interest in finding agreement on more permissive visa requirements, it wants to be recognized as a safe country of origin and…

— Martin Schulz

Turkey wants to be treated by the same standards as other countries. If you compare us to some other newly accepted EU members our…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

If the EU doesn’'t want Turkey, they should say it now and clearly. If we are not wanted, then both sides don’t need to…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey has had a customs union with Europe since 1996, and there's free trade in everything other than farm products and services. And Turkey…

— Andrew Mango

Turkey must feel at ease. It mustn't say, 'For me, it's the European Union at all costs.' That's my view.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

There's opposition in Europe to Turkish membership because these are the inevitable fears of energetic, poorer, Muslim outsiders who will come in and work…

— Andrew Mango

Cyprus joined the E.U. in 2004 and immediately wanted to get into the euro area for the express purpose of completing, as quickly as…

— Athanasios Orphanides

That is one of the reasons why we advocate for good relations between the two countries. Turkey understands the needs of the region.

— Igor Luksic

Whether [Turkey] is a NATO country or not, it doesn't have the right to invade any other country according to the international law or…

— Bashar al-Assad