"Turkey cornered by EP over protection of religious heritage
The New Anatolian / Brussels
15 July 2006
A written declaration claiming that most churches and monasteries in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) have been looted or used for other purposes won a majority of votes in the European Parliament.
The declaration, prepared by Greek Cypriot Member of the European Parliament Panayiotis Demetriou and Italian MEP Illes Braghetto, who aimed to make the religious heritage issue an obstacle to Turkey's European Union membership bid, collected 403 of a possible 732 MEP signatures."
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