"EP casts Armenian shadow over Turkey's EU bid
The New Anatolian / Strasbourg
06 September 2006
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The European Parliament late Monday approved a sharply critical report on Turkey, calling on Ankara to recognize the Armenian genocide claims before becoming a member of the European Union.
The report entitled 'Turkey's Progress Towards Accession,' which was prepared by EP Committee on Foreign Affairs Rapporteur and MEP Camiel Eurlings, was approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee with some amendments which made it harsher towards Turkey than it had been. It also criticized a number of issues, including Cyprus, a slowdown in the EU reform process, the situation in the southeast, problems with religious minorities, cultural rights and civilian-military relations. "
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