The European Union vs. Turkey
By Michael Curtis
In an uncharacteristic action on June 13, 2013, the European Union belatedly earned its credentials for the Nobel Peace prize it had been surprisingly awarded on December 10, 2012. The European Parliament (EP) passed a non-binding Resolution on the situation in Turkey [2013/26664(RSP)] stating that the Turkish police had used excessive violence in an effort to disperse a group of demonstrators that had been protesting against the planned felling of trees for a new construction project in Istanbul's Gezi Park in the Taksim Square area.
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