"TURKEY: FOREIGN MINISTER IN ITALY AS EU REPORT DUE
Istanbul, 7 Nov (AKI) - Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul is visiting Rome for the third Italian-Turkish Forum on Wednesday, the same day the European Commission releases a critical progress report on Turkey. "The 150th Anniversary of Italian-Turkish Relations: A common vision towards the EU" brings together businessmen, academics and politicians. The EU report leaked to the Financial Times Deutschland allegedly blasts would-be member Turkey for insufficient progress on freedom of expression, curbing the use of torture and maltreatment and on establishing civilian control over the military."
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