The deputy head of the European Delegation in Turkey said that Turkey had already completed one third of accession process with the European Union.

Tibor Varadi said at a conference on "EU-Turkey Relations and Reform Process" hosted by the Association of Industrialists and Businessmen in Aegean Region in the western province of Izmir that the Union did not set a date for Turkey's membership, but Turkey's accession process would be completed.

Varadi said that Turkey had already completed one third of the accession process, adding that a date would emerge automatically as soon as Turkey completed the remaining two thirds of the process.

Denying claims that Turkey faced a double-standard in the accession process, Varadi said that there were "no differences" between processes for the other countries and the process for Turkey.


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