{"id":16696,"date":"2013-06-12T09:33:43","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T07:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/comunicati\/2013\/06\/20130612_bonino_camera_turchia-2\/"},"modified":"2013-06-12T09:33:43","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T07:33:43","slug":"20130612_bonino_camera_turchia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/approfondimenti\/2013\/06\/20130612_bonino_camera_turchia\/","title":{"rendered":"TURKEY: Bonino addresses the Chamber &#8211; &#8216;Italy wants a fully democratic Turkey in Europe&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>\u201cItaly wants a fully democratic Turkey in Europe and EU membership could have a beneficial effect on Turkey\u201d. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino in her briefing to the Chamber of Deputies on the demonstrations in Turkey which, in the Minister\u2019s view, arose \u201cspontaneously\u201d. <\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>The use of force is unacceptable<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>Bonino also said that \u201cthe unnacceptable use of force and the arrest of 20 lawyers are not acceptable. The right to non-violent protest is a vital pillar of democracy\u201d. The Minister added that \u201cthe use of force is an expression of weakness\u201d and underscored that \u201cfree elections do not in themselves mean democracy. Turkey must decide if it wants to become a mature democracy\u201d. <\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>\u201cGraduation exam\u201d<\/STRONG><\/P><br \/>\n<P>\u201cA \u2018graduation exam\u2019 for the Turkish government is taking place in the square and streets\u201d, said Minister Bonino. \u201cThis is perhaps the first serious test of the soundness of Turkey\u2019s democracy and its European accession process. A \u2018graduation exam\u2019 that some people thought the country had already passed, with its economic dynamism. But much more is needed\u201d, she added. \u201cItaly would like to see a dialogue leading to agreed initiatives in the interests of the country\u201d, underscored Minister Bonino. <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cItaly wants a fully democratic Turkey in Europe and EU membership could have a beneficial effect on Turkey\u201d. These were the words of Foreign Minister Emma Bonino in her briefing to the Chamber of Deputies on the demonstrations in Turkey which, in the Minister\u2019s view, arose \u201cspontaneously\u201d. The use of force is unacceptable Bonino also [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6,76,42],"class_list":["post-16696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-ministri-precedenti","tag-unione-europea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}