Turkish Deputy Foreign Minister and Director for European Affairs Faruk Kaymakcı reiterated on Wednesday 17 March that his country is a candidate for EU membership and that the Union should consider it as such.
Accession negotiations have been frozen for several years due to the Rule of law and human rights situation in Turkey.
“The prospect of membership must be strengthened”, Kaymakcı stressed at a debate organised by the Atlantic Council.
According to him, his country is a...