Beril Dedeo

Finally, somebody has told the plain truth as it is. That person was Professor Beril Dedeo?lu, an international relations professor and the EU minister in Turkey's pre-election government. 

"Russia will be the captain of restructuring Syria, with or without Bashar al-Assad," Dedeo?lu recently told Al Jazeera. This means the mighty NATO is leaving the organizing role to Russia.  

A diplomatic source from the European Commission has categorically denied that the EU proposed to "soften" the content of the Progress Report if Turkey cooperated more closely over the refugee issue, as recently alleged by Turkish EU Minister Beril Dedeo?lu. 

"This is untrue," said the source, adding there was "no link" between the report and talks on the refugee issue. 

One day after the European Union released its progress report on Turkey for 2015, European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans paid a visit to the Turkish capital on Nov. 11. 

Turkish EU Minister Beril Dedeo?lu has been left apoplectic after Brussels suggested "an inappropriate proposal" to Ankara that linked Turkey's EU accession process with a solution to the refugee crisis.

Dedeo?lu, nonetheless, also said criticism directed at Turkey in the European Commission's latest progress report indicated "a breaking point in a positive sense." 

In the past it has never been love that reminded Europe of Turkey?s importance for the West. It has always been unexpected circumstances - which are, after all, the prime determinants in international relations. We were reminded of this again with German Chancellor Angela Merkel?s visit over the weekend for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu appointed two new members of the interim government on Sept. 22, following the resignations of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) ministers Müslüm Do?an and Ali Haydar Konca earlier that day.

Beril Dedeo?lu was appointed EU minister while Mustafa Cüneyd Düzyol was named as minister of development, a written statement from the prime minister's office said.