Erdoğan warns dangerous groups

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned three groups which he singled out as sources of unrest and conflict in the country – pro-Öcalan protesters, fundamentalist Hizb-ut Tahrir members and those who try to spark controversy over the highly-important "October 3", when negotiation talks into the EU are expected the kick off. “You are operating on a blind alley,” Erdoğan warned these groups, “your efforts are in vain”. He also suggested that he might call for a leaders’ summit on the matter upon his return from US, where he will be attending the UN summit.“With its constitutional structure, unitarian principles and administrative prowess, this country is perfectly capable of overcoming any interior or outside threat which aims at disturbing our peace and stability,” the PM said.   Erdoğan also criticised Devlet Bahçeli’s current anti-EU efforts, suggesting that Bahçeli himself put signature under EU acquis when his Nationalistic Movement Party (MHP) was in power.   “Once they lost power, they have become anti-EU in their antics – consistency is good,” said Erdoğan.    �