Friday, February 16, 2007

Babacan: EU can’t demand a date for change to Turkish law

"Babacan: EU can’t demand a date for change to Turkish law
The minister said that Turkey’s accession process was being made harder than that for other candidate countries.

BRUSSELS - The European Union does not have the right to demand Turkey set a timetable to amend a controversial article of the Turkish penal code seen by many as limiting free speech, Turkish Economy Minister Ali Babacan said Friday."

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