Last Thursday, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu went to Brussels for the first time after taking office, to hold critical talks with EU leaders, holding two meetings in a single day. His visit to Brussels was of high priority due to the alarm cause by the EU's recent statement that the union may freeze negotiations with Turkey on its EU accession process. Why would the EU, which initiated negotiations on Turkey's full membership in 2010, make such a decision despite a number of positive developments in Turkey? Turkey has quadrupled its national income in the last ten years, ended military tutelage, recognized Kurdish identity, opened private schools providing education in the Kurdish language, removed the prohibition on producing propaganda in Kurdish and reinstated several properties belonging to minorities that were confiscated by the Republican regime.In my opinion, this question can be answered by looking at the EU rather than Turkey. The EU has been looking for a way to shrink rather than expand its size for several year, as a union that has withdrawn into itself due to economic crises and a weakening economy, and has begun questioning its immigrant policies in the face of rising unemployment. I would suggest that hate speech against Muslims, which has escalated with Islamophobia, determines its policies on Turkey. In short, we are going through a time when the EU is questioning its own values and is reawakening sins of the past. I do not think such an atmosphere lends itself to impetus in Turkey-EU relations.As one of the journalists who accompanied Davutoğlu while he was en route to Brussels, I perceived that he was also of the opinion that the EU has withdrawn into its shell. However, the EU does recognize Turkey's importance, as underscored by union leaders during Thursday's talks.Let's turn to other aspects of the visit and the two speeches that Davutoğlu delivered. Covering his visit to Brussels, it is very important to understand two different aspects of Davutoğlu's talks. Firstly, he addressed a speech to a crowd that consisted predominantly of foreign journalists at a meeting that was jointly organized by Friends of Europe and the Permanent Representative of Turkey to the EU. Secondly, just before leaving Brussels, he addressed Turkish immigrants living there. These two speeches had two different tones and discourses, but there were also many common threads.In fact, these two speeches revealed two different faces of Davutoğlu. He showed his academic side during the first speech, and reflected his political identity during the second, evening speech. He delivered the first meeting in English, addressing it to the West, summarizing the global problems in a very systematic way and choosing correct words carefully. For instance, he described the structuring of the Gülen Movement in the state as a secret network in the police and judiciary rather than using the word "parallel," which does not make any sense to Westerners. It was impossible not to notice that he grabbed the attention of the audience, as evident from the questions posed during the question-and-answer session. He displayed his political identity in the evening, holding a long and exciting greeting session in which he gave an inclusive message to encourage Turkish expats and spoke of a strong Turkey, referring to newly-announced regulations regarding families. It was like an election rally as it was accompanied by excitement, flags, lights and his election campaign song that describes him as "a brave, honest man."Davutoğlu disclosed his two different sides in his two different speeches, but there were some common characteristics. They were both long, improvised and delivered in parts. They constructed a framework that pointed to a great self-confidence and awareness of identity, which was never compromising. It was obvious that he is increasingly warming to politics. He maintains his academic identity, but at the same time reveals his political identity which is nourished by his erudition.