"Displaced Kurds in Turkey unable to go home-group
07 Mar 2005 14:36:31 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Ayla Jean Yackley
ISTANBUL, March 7 (Reuters) - Turkey has failed to help hundreds of thousands of displaced Kurds return home and should be pressed to take action before it starts EU membership talks later this year, a leading human rights group said on Monday.
A raft of political reforms helped convince European leaders to agree in December to start entry talks with Turkey, whose poor rights record had overshadowed its longstanding EU bid."
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