Turkish president and German chancellor discuss Turkey's EU accession process

Presidential sources said Gul told Merkel that Turkish people living in Germany were going through a rapid integration process and achieved great success when compared with the past.

Merkel said significant progress was made on integration, adding that Turkish-descent citizens contributed a lot to the society.

She said further efforts should be exerted on integration.

President Gul defined Turkey's membership process to the EU as a transformation process and underlined that Turkey was endeavoring to upgrade the standards to the highest level.


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