ANKARA: Armenian Allegations and Turkey's EU Full Membership

[Kamalian Hagop]

Anadolu Agency
March 19 2005

Armenian Allegations and Turkey's EU Full Membership

Gul: There is not direct or indirect connection between Armenian
allegations and Turkey's EU full membership

Turkish Foreign Ministry & Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul said on
Friday that there was no direct or indirect connection between
Turkey's EU membership and so-called Armenian genocide allegations.
Replying to the written motion of True Path Party (DYP)
parliamentarian Ummet Kandogan, Gul said Turkey met Copenhagen
Political Criteria required for start of Turkey's EU membership
talks.

Gul said conditions of membership process were definite for every
candidate, stressing that Turkey's membership process would continue
within the framework drawn by EU acquisitions.

Gul saida History Research Group was formed within the body of the
Turkish Historical Society (TTK) probing Armenian allegations, noting
that the books that would be written as a result of those studies
would be presented to the information of Turkish and international
public.