"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. "We said we would achieve everything in adapting to the EU acquis by the end of 2013."
“Smatramo da je korisno da civilne organizacije pominju 2014. godinu kao ciljni datum ulaska Turske u članstvo EU, ali ako to saopštimo kao vlada, može da izazove kontrareakciju,“ izjavio je ministar, a prenosi list Journal of Turkish Weekly. “Rekli smo da ćemo uraditi sve kako bismo se prilagodili komunitarnom pravu EU do kraja 2013. godine.