"Germany was the one that reported that we should bring Turkey and the EU closer. Each time I called Erdoğan, who was then prime minister, he would ask what more can Turkey do in the area of democratization, and I would make various suggestions. Erdoğan fulfilled all the democratization efforts I suggested. I ask, what changed? Did Turkey change? Or is it us? Now we call Erdoğan a dictator. We are very wrong and mistaken and we must turn from this mistake at once."
Günter Verheugen ...