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"Turkey is party to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW, together with its Optional Protocol, and, at the same time, is committed to respecting human rights and, therefore, women’s rights and gender equality. Its progress in the reform of the legislative framework in order to ensure equal participation of women in social, economic and political life is still limited. Turkish women are exposed to daily discrimination and violence; their human rights and fundamental freedoms are violated. Honour killings are committed, early and forced marriages are entered into and gender-based crimes are perpetrated. The ineffectiveness of the existing remedies and the lenience of the Turkish authorities is striking, and the situation in the country is reaching alarming levels. If Turkey truly wishes to become a fully-fledged pluralist democracy, with respect for and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of both men and women at its core without distinctions of any kind, there must be a re-evaluation of the existing rigid values regarding women’s role in society. If Turkey proves unable to ensure full protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all its citizens, and in doing so is not fulfilling the Copenhagen criteria and failing to ensure democracy and the rule of law on its territory, it can never, under any circumstances, become a full member of the European Union."@en1
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