{"id":140019,"date":"2016-06-27T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T09:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/ozgurgun-a-state-policy-for-the-eu-is-one-of-the-priorities-of-our-government\/"},"modified":"2016-06-27T12:51:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T09:51:01","slug":"ozgurgun-a-state-policy-for-the-eu-is-one-of-the-priorities-of-our-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/ozgurgun-a-state-policy-for-the-eu-is-one-of-the-priorities-of-our-government\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn: \u201cA state policy for the EU, is one of the priorities of our government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister H\u00fcseyin \u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn emphasized the need for a state policy for the EU, to objectively inform the Turkish Cypriot people about the EU,\u00a0and to promote a new EU vision that guarantees the rights of the Turkish Cypriot. It is also a priority of the Government to develop the EU Communication Strategy with the participation of all stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>In his written statement, he also assessed the United Kingdom\u2019s decision to leave the EU: \u201cWe welcome the people\u2019s decision with respect. It has been taken by the British people, including thousands of our brothers and sisters who are citizens of the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn added: \u201cThe referendum result has caused great disappointment here; the fundamental values of the EU have been challenged. The arguments of those who want to leave the EU saying: \u2018the Turks are coming, let&#8217;s leave the EU\u2019 are frightening, humiliating, alienating and racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister \u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn also stated that alongside its economic difficulties, the EU has been faced with rising Islamophobia, anti-immigration, and racist movements in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTurkish Cypriot people consider that the European Union has been built to protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law, and are greatly disappointed by this result.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister H\u00fcseyin \u00d6zg\u00fcrg\u00fcn emphasized the need for a state policy for the EU, to objectively<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140019\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pio.mfa.gov.ct.tr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}