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"As they deal with the same subject, Question Nos 3, 4 and 5 will be taken together:
How does the Council intend to raise the question of the oppression of Armenians and Syrians in Turkey in its contacts with that country with its possible membership of the EU in view?
Question No 5 by Antonios Trakatellis ():
The protection of fundamental rights is a founding principle of the Union and an essential condition of its legitimacy. In external relations, respect for fundamental rights is a categorical condition of candidate countries' accession to the Union.
In the light of Commissioner Verheugen's answer to my previous question, No E-3014/00, in which he stated that 'Respect for religious freedom is indeed one of the Copenhagen criteria that all candidate countries must fulfil before accession negotiations can get under way', will the Council say whether Turkey has complied with the criteria set out in Parliament's resolution P5_TA-PROV(2004)0274, with particular regard to the violations of the principle of religious freedom in Turkey (paragraph 36 of the resolution)? Can the Council take a decision on a definite date for opening negotiations with Turkey before such violations, e.g. the failure to reopen the Halki School of Theology, have been eliminated and Turkey has also complied with the criteria set out in the memorandum of the Greek Orthodox, Syrian, Armenian and Roman Catholic churches submitted to the Human Rights Committee of the Turkish National Assembly?
Question No 3 by Dimitrios Papadimoulis ():
In Turkey, hundreds of nationalist members of the paramilitary organisation the 'Grey Wolves' held a heated demonstration outside the Ecumenical Patriarchate, throwing stones and pieces of wood, after which they hanged and burned an effigy of a Greek priest. These events took place on the eve of the tragic anniversary of 6 September 1955 when a major pogrom was carried out against the Patriarchate and the Greeks of Istanbul. The Turkish police did, however, take the necessary measures to prevent the worst.
What representations will the Council make to the Turkish Government to prevent the occurrence of similar events in the future? Has the Turkish Government committed itself to the reopening of the Halki School of Theology? What measures will the Council take to persuade the Turkish Government to recognise the legal personality of the Patriarchate and the rights associated with the management of its property?
Question No 4 by Jonas Sjöstedt ():
Violations of the Christian minority's human rights persist. The rights of individuals freely to practise their religion and use their own language are, in practice, restricted. Old churches and monasteries fall into ruin or are deliberately destroyed. The Turkish authorities continue to deny the genocide of Armenians and Syrians at the beginning of the previous century."@en1
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"Subject: Demonstration by 'Grey Wolves' against the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople"1
"Subject: Relations with Turkey"1
"Subject: Respect for religious freedom in Turkey"1
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