"Socialist leader warns against ban on Turkish teachers union
07.12.2004 - 09:57 CET | By Lisbeth Kirk
If Turkish courts at the end of this week (10 December) rule in favour of dissolving the Turkish teachers union, it could affect the country's path to the EU, the chairman of the European Social Democrats, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, has warned.
The union, known as the Egitim Sem, has committed itself to defending the right to education in one's mother tongue.
If the case brought against Egitim Sen is not dismissed, the EU heads of states at their summit 17 December should not commit themselves to opening negotiations with Turkey, said Mr Nyrup Rasmussen, according to Danish media."
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