"Torture claims threaten Turkey's bid to join EU
Ian Traynor and Ewen MacAskill
Wednesday September 28, 2005
The Guardian
Opponents of Turkish accession to the EU were given fresh ammunition yesterday with revelations of human rights abuses, torture and starvation in the country's psychiatric institutions, and a move to ban a gay rights organisation.
The blow to Turkey's attempts to present itself as a modern, reforming state came in advance of a ceremony in Brussels on Monday to begin the formal accession process to the EU. Austria, as well as France and Cyprus, have expressed reservations about Turkish entry."
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