BAYKAL SLAMS EP DECISION

NTV MSNBC, Turkey
Sept 29 2005

The leader of Turkey’s main opposition party has slammed the decision
by the European Parliament calling on Turkey to recognise the so-called
Armenian genocide.

Guncelleme: 11:34 29 Eylul 2005 PerºembeLONDON – The CHP leader said
that the European Union was creating difficulties and dragging its
feet over Turkey’s membership bid.

Attending the annual Labour Party Congress in England, Republican
People’s Party (CHP) chairman Deniz Baykal said that the decision of
the European Parliament only served to further complicate matters.

Earlier on Wednesday, the European parliament voted in favour of a
non-binding resolution making recognition of the alleged massacre
of many of the Ottoman Empire’s Armenian citizens during the First
World War a pre-condition of Turkey’s entry into the European Union.

“Despite them asking us to meet many conditions, it appears there is
no condition to guarantee Turkey membership,” he said.

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