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Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan reiterated Türkiye’s determination to become a member of the European Union, as he said the country “sees its future in Europe.”
Speaking in a joint news conference with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares in Ankara, Fidan said Türkiye’s vision for EU membership has not changed.
“We hope that the relations between institutions of the European Union and Türkiye are further enhanced with a more positive agenda,” he said.
The top Turkish diplomat also said Türkiye’s EU membership process was “too important to be left to narrow political agendas of some countries.”
See-sawing relations between the European Union and Türkiye, which aspires to join the bloc, is on the agenda of Ankara after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan launched a drive last year to reignite stalled relations. Türkiye, an official candidate for joining the bloc, applied for membership in 1987, and accession talks began in 2005. In the years since, talks have been essentially frozen due to political roadblocks by certain EU members for reasons unrelated to its suitability for membership, according to Ankara. The Greek Cypriot administration of the divided island of Cyprus, which Türkiye does not recognize, is among those blocking Türkiye’s accession bid. Other countries argue that Türkiye should improve its human rights record, something Türkiye views as a politically motivated accusation.
