July 20, 2009 - 16:19 AMT
Erdogan: EU process failure not a doomsday for Turkey
If the European Union fails to integrate with Turkey, it will not be doomsday for the country, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, addressing his Justice and Development Party's (AK Party) delegates in Ankara at the provincial congress on Sunday. Erdogan stressed that Ankara is walking confidently on the road to EU membership. "Turkey is no more a country whose agenda is set by others. Turkey is now a country that sets the agenda itself," Today's Zaman quotes Turkish official as saying.