"TURKEY-GERMANY: SCHROEDER URGES TURKS TO CONTINUE REFORMS
Ankara, 4 May (AKI) - The European Union will honour its pledge to begin accession talks with Turkey in October, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Wednesday, but he urged Turkey to 'put into practice' recent reforms and called for more religious freedom in the mostly Muslim country. 'The dynamics of reform should continue,' Schroeder told reporters after talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. 'The constitutional and other legal amendments should be put into practice,' he added. Schroeder, a strong backer of Turkey's EU membership bid, assured Ankara that the bloc was determined to open accession talks with Turkey on schedule on October 3. "
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