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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