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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT REPORT CRITICAL OF TURKEY
NTV MSNBC, Turkey
Aug 5 2006
The report was also damning in its condemnation of the terrorist
group the PKK, which has stepped up its activities targeting Turkey.
Guncelleme: 21:36 TSÝ 05 Eylul 2006 SalýSTRASBOURG - The European
Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs has adopted a report
prepared by Christian Democrat MEP Camiel Eurlings that criticises
Turkey's slow pace of implementing reforms as part of its European
Union accession process.
In a vote held Monday evening, 52 committee members voted in favour
of accepting the report, while six voted against and eight abstained.
A general session of the European parliament will vote on the report
sometime between September 25 and 28.
The report said that Turkey has slowed down its program of putting
in place reforms required by the EU as part of its membership process.
It also called on Turkey to recognise the so called genocide committed
by the Ottoman Empire against its Armenian citizens. The report
also claimed that Turkey committed genocide against Pontus Greeks
and Syrians.
The slow pace of enacting reforms strengthening human rights, freedoms
of expressions, and religious rights for minorities was also cited
in the report.
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NTV MSNBC, Turkey
Aug 5 2006
The report was also damning in its condemnation of the terrorist
group the PKK, which has stepped up its activities targeting Turkey.
Guncelleme: 21:36 TSÝ 05 Eylul 2006 SalýSTRASBOURG - The European
Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs has adopted a report
prepared by Christian Democrat MEP Camiel Eurlings that criticises
Turkey's slow pace of implementing reforms as part of its European
Union accession process.
In a vote held Monday evening, 52 committee members voted in favour
of accepting the report, while six voted against and eight abstained.
A general session of the European parliament will vote on the report
sometime between September 25 and 28.
The report said that Turkey has slowed down its program of putting
in place reforms required by the EU as part of its membership process.
It also called on Turkey to recognise the so called genocide committed
by the Ottoman Empire against its Armenian citizens. The report
also claimed that Turkey committed genocide against Pontus Greeks
and Syrians.
The slow pace of enacting reforms strengthening human rights, freedoms
of expressions, and religious rights for minorities was also cited
in the report.
--Boundary_(ID_YGJpizyXdYfWaA6LpVdSww)--