TURKEY HAS NOT CREATED NECESSARY PREREQUISITES FOR EU
Pan Armenian News
04.05.2005 03:08
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A German of Turkish origin and a deputy of the
EuroParliament Cem Ozdemir stated that Turkey has not created the
necessary prerequisites for the EU membership, online newspaper N24
reports. At the same time Cem Ozdemir noted that Turkey has achieved
considerable progress in the sphere of human rights. Nevertheless there
of a lot of work to be dome still, specifically human rights defenders
should receive permanent access to the Turkish jails. He also mentioned
that the rights of the religious and national minorities in Turkey
should be protected and the freedom of conscience established. In
this view he noted that there is no taboo in respect to the Kurdish
population in Turkey at present.