Abdullah Gul
Abdullah Gul
Abdullah Gül, i/ɡuːl/is a Turkish politician who served as the 11th President of Turkey, in office from 2007 to 2014. He previously served for four months as Prime Minister from 2002 to 2003, and concurrently served as both Deputy Prime Minister and as Foreign Minister between 2003 and 2007. He is currently a member of the Advisory Panel for the President of the Islamic Development Bank...
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth29 October 1950
CityKayseri, Turkey
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If the European Union decides not to keep its word, if its own leaders decide to forget their signatures beneath the decisions they've made before the ink has even dried ... if they decide to ignore all this and impose new conditions that Turkey will never accept ... then of course in that case this kind of partnership can never be.
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The goal of my visit was to help ensure the decision of the UN Security Council is applied quickly and completely,
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The genuine step Turkey expects is direct trade together with financial aid. This unilateral decision by the EU will bring new problems and difficulties.
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This is a historic decision both for Turkey and for Europe. It (the commission) has made the recommendation it had to make.
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The words attributed to me are not correct.
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Powell was simply expressing hope. There is no deadline for Turkey to respond.
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At the time of the Cold War, we were defending Europe when some of the countries in the EU today were on the other side of the fence.
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We are sure of ourselves, and we know what we have to do, ... We will keep our promises, and we expect the European Union to keep its promises.
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we have stuck to our side of the bargain, the EU should stick to theirs.
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will be reached in the coming days. ... They understand our worries; we understand theirs.
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We are facing serious problems with the start of negotiations. We are in intense negotiations,
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I can't see any problem that will prevent the start of talks on October 3,
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Because of the holiday, we will apply to parliament this week,
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No-one expects us to go to Luxembourg before seeing the negotiation framework document,