we are ready for everything and anything, vaz they tell us what they're going to do. are very sincere, and we expect the exact same from the e.u., to be sincere, but i don't know to what extent we'll be able to tolerate this lingering on. but i think this can only be tolerated to a certain level, and after this threshold, i think turkey will come to the point where we have to make our own decisions. >> woodruff: one of the sources of tension, a great source of tension between turkey and the e.u., turkey and the united states, has been the strength of the democracy in turkey. your move before and especially after the coup attempt in the summer of last year, many people in turkey and the government, in the military, in the journalism field, reporters, and others have either lost their jobs or have been imprisoned, in jail. the question from the united states, from many in the u.s. and in europe, is: is this the permanent course for turkey? or is this temporary? you have said these people are terrorists, they were attempting to overthrow your government. but many of them