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Saturday, April 28, 2007

EUX.TV - EU Commissioner Rehn warns Turkish military to stay out of politics

"EU Commissioner Rehn warns Turkish military to stay out of politics

Brussels (dpa) - EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn on Saturday warned the Turkish military to stay out of the country's presidential election.

'It is important that the military leaves the remit of democracy to the democratically elected government, and this is a test case if the Turkish armed forces respect democratic secularism and the democratic arrangement of civil-military relations,' Rehn told journalists in Brussels. "

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