The EU should listen to Turkish demonstrators and engage
By Guest | Published: June 6, 2013
Marietje Schaake is a Dutch member of the European Parliament (D66/ALDE Group)
Since the demonstrations broke out in Turkey last week, an unprecedented number of articles have been published highlighting the deeper causes of people’s grievances.
TurkeyMany analyses suggest that the problems with the rule of law, good governance, democracy and fundamental rights were apparent long before the chants of demonstrators brought them to the surface. But if the problems were so clear, why were so few articles with this focus published before?
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