Sammen med Kommissionen, Europarådet og alle menneskerettighedsorganisationer på nær en enkelt er jeg også af den opfattelse, at der ikke finder systematisk tortur sted i Tyrkiet. Men det handler ikke om, hvorvidt torturen er systematisk eller ej, men om, at Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch og andre organisationer har rapporteret om ca. 100 tilfælde af tortur i tyrkiske arrester, hvilket er alt for mange - 100 for mange for et land, der virkelig ønsker at nærme sig Europa.
Along with the Commission, the Council of Europe and all human rights organisations barring one, I too am of the opinion that there is no systematic torture in Turkey, but discussion as to whether it is systematic or not misses the real issue that is before us, which is that approximately one hundred cases of torture, reported by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other organisations, committed in police cells are far too many – one hundred too many for a country that really wants to grow towards Europe.