BERLIN - Kurt Beck, leader of the German Social Democrat Party (SDP), one of the partners of the government, has extended support to Turkey's EU membership process.
In an interview with the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper, Beck said that Turkey should be given an equal chance for EU membership.
He stressed that exclusion of Turkey from the EU would be a serious mistake.
He called on the Christian Democratic Union Party (CDU), the other partner of the government, to support Turkey's EU membership efforts.