"We deem it useful for civil organisations to mention 2014 as Turkey's EU membership target, but if we express it as the government, it may cause a counter reaction," the Journal of Turkish Weekly quoted the minister as saying.
“Smatramo korisnim da civilne udruge navode 2014. godinu kao ciljni datum ulaska Turske u članstvo EU, ali ako to priopćimo kao vlada, moglo bio izazvati protureakciju", izjavio je ministar, a prenosi list Journal of Turkish Weekly.