"FROM ALL SIDES: Reflecting on EU-Turkey relations
09:00 Mon 27 Nov 2006
On November 8, in its annual report on Turkey, the European Commission criticised Ankara for slowing down reforms on human rights and for refusing to open its ports and airports to Greek Cyprus, whose government is recognised by the EU as the government of the whole island. As a result, Turkey was given until mid-December to come to terms with the EU or risk a crisis in its EU accession talks. Turkey’s ambassador to Bulgaria Mehmet Gucuk commented to Yana Moyseeva on the report."
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