Netherlands wants Turkey in EU

Gosses, speaking at a news conference in the Mediterranean province of Antalya where he attended a meeting about Turkey-EU relations, said Turkey’s membership was being discussed among EU member countries, Anatolia news agency said.

The member countries had to know and understand the candidate countries as with the other candidates, Gosses said, "Turkey is presenting more importance with its culture and religion."

Gosses said the EU has been on the exhausting and painful road of Turkey’s membership, because it wanted to see Turkey within itself. The EU has sensed the reforms during the last two years in Turkey and would be better understanding those when negotiations started, he added and cited the importance of the dialogue between the EU and Turkey.