Istanbul Show During The Speech Of Bush

Bush said that he was proud to visit Turkey, which was a bridge opening to the world from the Asia, Europe and Middle East, and a model for many other countries with its 150-year history of democracy and social reform.

He described Turkey as an ally and friend, and thanked to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdoğan for his leadership. He told; the U.S. believes that Turkey, being a European force, belongs to the European Union and that EU, by accepting Turkey as a member country, should break the artificial border between itself and Turkey and prove that it is not the club of a certain religion, namely Christianity. Bush also underlined that PKK was a terrorist organization.