Turkish PM says Europe should not be feared OF migration from Turkey

PARIS - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said late on Wednesday that Europe should not be feared that there would be a flow of people from Turkey to Europe if Turkey became a European Union (EU) full member.
Making a speech at the meeting held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of establishment of French Institute for International Relations (IFRI), Erdogan said, ``concerns over this matter (free movement and migration of Turkish people) are unnecessary. If economic trends and growth rate continues in Turkey in the same course, Turkish people will return to Turkey.``
Answering a question, Erdogan expressed Turkey`s uneasiness about the exceptional warning of the EU that negotiations with Turkey might be suspended in case they saw some shortcomings.
(BRC-AÖ) 21.10.2004