ANKARA - Turkish Daily News
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Ömer Sabancı, head of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TÜSİAD), leveled criticism at some European politicians whom he said abused Turkey's European Union membership for political gain.
“It has become a new trend among some European politicians to engage in politics against Turkey for short-term political gains,” he was quoted as saying during a meeting in the northwestern Anatolian province of Bursa. Sabancı was apparently referring to recent remarks by French Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy -- a front-runner ahead of next year's presidential election in France -- who has insisted that there is no place for Ankara in the 25-member bloc, arguing instead for a privileged partnership. “This is the same case with many members of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee,” Sabancı said. The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee approved a strongly worded and highly critical report on Turkey.
In an address to European politicians Sabancı said it was not ethical to have an opinion about a country they haven't seen and don't know much about.
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