Message from President Erdoğan on the European Union and full membership: It continues to be our priority

Following the cabinet meeting, Erdoğan made importantstatements.

AKP Chairmanand PresidentThehighlightsof President Erdoğan'sstatements are as follows:

Wediscussed many issuesWe have concluded another Cabinet meeting. I sincerely hope that the decisions we have made in our Cabinet will be beneficial for our country, our nation, and all of humanity.I sincerelydesire that theybring good results.From here, I address everyone, regardless of their political views,

or their ethnicbackground.regardless of their origin, to everyone who works for Turkey,whocares for Turkey, and whose heart beats for Turkey, to all my citizens,Isincerelythankyou.

The meetingBefore moving on to the details of ourprogram, I would like to underlinea point.

My dear nation, esteemed colleagues; we aregoing through a fragile period in which we feel the negative effects of thecracks in the global system the most. We arepassing through a period. Justof when we look at oursurroundings, wars, conflicts, tensions, and political and economic fluctuations arenever absent,as can beseen.

"THE WORLD IS GOING THROUGH A FRAGILE PERIOD"

The region that Turkey is in, We are in the very middle of a process that finds meaning in the poet's words,'fate has kneaded us in theclaws of a scorpion.'

In my previous speeches,I spoke of an approachingglobal storm,and pointed out that this would shake the foundations on different continents. I had stated. I also stated that Turkey possesses the means and capabilities to manage this turmoil with ease.

The worldis going through a fragileperiod. As of 2025,Turkey isovercoming the process with hardworking and meritocraticcadres.

KIZILELMA HAS ACHIEVED A FIRST INAVIATION HISTORY

We have been using these works for years; our nation has been benefiting from them for years. These investments provide billions of liras ofadded value to the Turkish economy.A similar picture exists in many areas, not just in transportation, but from the defense industry to healthcare.

We all witnessed together how our city hospitals saved lives during the most recent coronavirus pandemic.We all witnessed together how our city hospitals saved lives during the most recent coronavirus pandemic.We all witnessed together how our city hospitals saved lives during the most recent coronavirus pandemic.We all witnessed together how our city hospitals saved lives during the most recent coronavirus pandemic. We all witnessed together how our city hospitals saved lives during the most recent coronavirus pandemic.we saw. Our unmanned combat aircraftKızılelma made history inworld aviation history this past weekend. In other words, we are experiencing this dynamism and this breakthrough in every field.

I would also like tostate with great pride: If we had paid attention to the chronic opposition who view politics asfinding fault with everything done, we would never have been able tobring any of these magnificentworks to our country.We would not have been able to.

With our politics of service and achievement, we have broughtTurkey together with the greatest investments in its history. The nationalincome, which was 238 billion dollars,We have increased our national incometo 1.5 trillion dollars onan annual basis. Our goalfor 2028 is to reach aneconomic sizeof1.9 trillion dollars.

Thethird-quartergrowth figuresannounced todayby TÜİK as 3.7 percenthave shown thatwe are on the right track.hascarried the Turkish economy's uninterrupted growth trend to 21 quarters. Iwish thesegrowth figures to be beneficialfor our country's economy.

Not only in economy and investments, but also in fundamental rights and we have also made great progress in freedoms. With our reform initiatives, wehave for yearsput an end to the tutelage that hung like the 'Sword of Damocles' over thenational will. In addition to delivering to our nation the rights that werealready rightfully theirs,we have raised the standards of our democracy.

"WE WILL ELIMINATE"

We have defeated, together with our nation, developments rooted abroad that targeted our independence, such as the Gezi protests and the July 15 betrayal.We have achievedhistoric successes in the fight against all forms of terrorism.Now, we aredetermined tocompletely eradicatethis threat.We are conducting a sensitiveprocess with the aim of crowningour struggle.

With the terror-free Turkey process, we are making a sincere effort to remove one of the biggest obstacles in front of our economicrise, our peace, and our brotherhood.We are in theprocess. I want everyone, especially the merchants of blood and chaos,to know this: Unlike those whose ambitions exceed their stature, wepossess an ancient state tradition with rootsthat go back a very long time.

In this geography where we are at the center, for a full thousand years, without allowing any harm to our independence we are one of the rare nations that livefreely. Likewise, we are not a nation that will turn back from the pathit has chosen when it is tripped, when obstacles are placed in its way,or when its path isblocked.We are not.

In the face of threats, we are not a state, nation,or country that will be intimidated or bow downto the language of threats.Turkey will sooner or laterreach its goals.

Our history is full of countless is full of examples. I would like to underlineonce again that our Kurdish brothers, our Arab brothers, and allthe otherfriendly and brotherly communities in our region have had our hearts beating together for a full thousand years. God willing, they will continue to beat together in the future as well.

WhetherSunni or Shia; whether Kurd, Arab, or Turkmen... God forbid, if one of us falls intotroubletomorrowIn the end, we will not knock on the doors of others, but on each other's doors, we will again take refuge in one another. In this geography where we are the hosts, we will continue to live side by side for many more centuries in brotherhood and with a shared destiny inwill experience.

"GOD WILLING, WE WILL BRING IT TOGETHER"

This truth can neither bechanged by short-term calculationsnorovershadowed bythe recklessness of those imposed on our region from the outside.GeogOur geography is now saturatedwith blood, conflict, terror,and the blindviolence where neighborkills neighbor. We look at issues from this very perspective.

TAs Turkey, for our 86 million citizenswe want the samethings for all our brothers andsisters beyond our borders. We wishfor the samegoodness for themas well. What binds us to one anothercontinuingtoact against the networks of chaos and massacre that want to make us all lose, we advocate winning together through brotherhood. We advocate winning together through brotherhood against the networks of chaos and massacre that want to make us all lose.

For everyone in this geography who wants to look to their future withconfidence, there is no other way, no othersolution, no other remedy.There is no other method, and there cannot be. I hope and believe that the Terror-free Turkey process will establish in our region thebelt of brotherhood we willwhich will overturn allthe dirty schemesand will, in fact,unity will disrupt the games and a newera willopen itsdoors.

Without falling for provocations, without being deceived by incitement, without surrendering to the language of anger, thisvision will move from potential to reality to ensure it emerges we will work sincerely. Let no one have any doubts or concerns: 86 million people will stand shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart, work together and in the 21st centurycentury, Turkey's Century, we will, God willing, bring to fruition together.

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