国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Ankara-Berlin tensions heat up as Germany seeks to end Turkeys EU bid
<p><span word="ANKARA">ANKARA</span>, <span word="Sept">Sept</span>. 5-- <span word="Ailing">Ailing</span> <span word="bilateral">bilateral</span> <span word="relations">relations</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="NATO">NATO</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Germany">Germany</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="taken">taken</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="heavy">heavy</span> <span word="blow">blow</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="bound">bound</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spill">spill</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Union">Union</span>, <span word="where">where</span> <span word="German">German</span> <span word="Chancellor">Chancellor</span> <span word="Angela">Angela</span> <span word="Merkel">Merkel</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="seek">seek</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="suspend">suspend</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="Ankara">Ankara</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="arduous">arduous</span> <span word="membership">membership</span> <span word="bid">bid</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="ultimately">ultimately</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="costly">costly</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Berlin">Berlin</span>, <span word="analysts">analysts</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Merkel">Merkel</span> <span word="appeared">appeared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="sharpened">sharpened</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="rhetoric">rhetoric</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="debate">debate</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="challenger">challenger</span> <span word="Social">Social</span> <span word="Democrat">Democrat</span> (<span word="SDP">SDP</span>) <span word="leader">leader</span> <span word="Martin">Martin</span> <span word="Schulz">Schulz</span> <span word="vowed">vowed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="Ankara">Ankara</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="join">join</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="elected">elected</span> <span word="chancellor">chancellor</span>.</p><p><span word="Merkel">Merkel</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="odds">odds</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Turkish">Turkish</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="Recep">Recep</span> <span word="Tayyip">Tayyip</span> <span word="Erdogan">Erdogan</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="many">many</span> <span word="issues">issues</span> <span word="since">since</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="said">said</span> "<span word="the">the</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="clear">clear</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="member">member</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="EU">EU</span>."</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="chancellor">chancellor</span> <span word="put">put</span> <span word="her">her</span> <span word="words">words</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="practice">practice</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Tuesday">Tuesday</span>, <span word="by">by</span> <span word="announcing">announcing</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="she">she</span>'<span word="ll">ll</span> <span word="bring">bring</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="accession">accession</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="fellow">fellow</span> <span word="EU">EU</span> <span word="leaders">leaders</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="month">month</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="summit">summit</span>, <span word="raising">raising</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prospect">prospect</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="formal">formal</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Ankara">Ankara</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="membership">membership</span> <span word="aspirations">aspirations</span>.</p><p>"<span word="I">I</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="recommend">recommend</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="discuss">discuss</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="future">future</span> <span word="status">status</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span>, <span word="including">including</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="suspend">suspend</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="talks">talks</span>," <span word="Merkel">Merkel</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="speech">speech</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lower">lower</span>-<span word="house">house</span> <span word="lawmakers">lawmakers</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Berlin">Berlin</span>, <span word="causing">causing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="drop">drop</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Turkish">Turkish</span> <span word="lira">lira</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bonds">bonds</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="markets">markets</span>.</p><p>"<span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="short">short</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="Turkey">Turkey</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="lose">lose</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="dispute">dispute</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="term">term</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="costly">costly</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Germany">Germany</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="Huseyin">Huseyin</span> <span word="Bagci">Bagci</span>, <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="international">international</span> <span word="relations">relations</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Middle">Middle</span> <span word="East">East</span> <span word="Technical">Technical</span> <span word="University">University</span> (<span word="METU">METU</span>).</p>
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