Politics:

TURKEY DOES NOT BECOME NEARER TO EUROPE

Death penalty cancellation and Kurd newspaper publication permission did not solve all the obstacle problems of Turkey’s joining to the European Community.

August 8, 2002
Legislative amendments package adopted by Turkey parliament at the end of last week did not remove the obstacles on the Ankara’s way of joining the European Community. European Commission as an executive came out against speeding up Turkey admittance to European people’s family. Gjunter Ferholgen, representative of Eurocommission subcommittee concerned the European Community extension, has mentioned that notwithstanding the adopted amendments, before beginning discussions of Turkey possible joining EC it is necessary to look through the future progress of current affairs connected with Kurds and religious minorities rights guaranteeing.
 
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