By Erbil Basay
COPENHAGEN (AA) – Turkey brings peace and safety to all environments without harboring any imperialist ambitions, Turkey’s Justice Minister said Wednesday.
Speaking at a conference organized by the Union of European Turkish Democrats (UETD) in Denmark's capital Copenhagen, Abdulhamit Gul said that in the last 15 years, Turkey had become a self-confident leading nation both globally and regionally in terms of its economy, politics and foreign policy.
Gul criticized Western countries' view of Turkey as “a good market ” which was “breathing but not leading “.
“Turkey should not die but should also not develop. That was the approach [to Turkey]. Let Turkey lie down on the bed as a ‘sick man'. Use it as a market. Let it breathe without allowing it to stand up to lead, ” Gul said, adding that Turkey's recent growth disturbed those same countries.
“Turkey's embracing friendly discourse, its powerful language will echo all around the world. ”
Gul said Turkey never has imperialist ambitions “wherever we are “.
“We only bring peace and safety to all environments. ”
