EU: Turkey Needs Urgent Reforms in Key Areas

The European Union has accused Turkey of “backsliding” on democracy and urged Ankara to conduct "a structured and more frequent political dialogue on key thematic issues." Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) approved (by a vote of 375 to 133, with 87 abstentions) the annual progress report on Turkey Thursday, in which it criticized the country’s record on human rights and media freedom in 2015 and urged the country to show progress on rule of law and fundamental...

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