Jeg vil understrege, at det er meget vigtigt, at Tyrkiet overholder menneskerettighederne, respekterer og beskytter mindretal og religionsfrihed og sikrer fuld gennemførelse af Københavnskriterierne. ###>This will also provide an answer to those who suspect that Turkey’ s accession to the EU would reduce the army’ s influence on public life, when the army has always been a guarantee of the state ’ s secularity.