Friday, February 23, 2007

Turkey to reform further despite negative EU 'climate', foreign minister says

"Turkey to reform further despite negative EU 'climate', foreign minister says
23.02.2007 - 22:11 CET | By Valentina Pop
EUOBSERVER / ANKARA - Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul has pledged in an interview with EUobserver to change 'in a few weeks time' a notorious penal code article curbing free speech, saying that Ankara will continue reforms even if the 'climate' in the EU towards Ankara's membership bid is currently not optimal."

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