Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Turkey: EU Report Highlights ‘Backslidings’ in Media Freedom and Judiciary


Turkey is being urged to lift restrictions on media freedom, respect human rights and relaunch peace talks with Kurdish militants. It comes in the European Commission’s annual progress report on the country’s EU membership bid.

There is also concern over President Tayyip Erdogan’s push for a constitutional overhaul that would give him greater powers.

But the EU executive’s criticisms are cloaked in diplomatic language, reflecting the political sensitivity of dealing with a large, strategically important country whose cooperation is needed by Brussels – as it seeks to tackle Europe’s migrant crisis. 

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Source: Euronews

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