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"Madam President, despite the Turkish Government’s declaration that its priority is EU membership, today’s progress report shows this wanting. Humanist civil rights, particularly for journalists, continue to be undermined and corruption is widespread.
The opportunity for reopening talks in Cyprus following the welcome election of Mustafa Akıncı in occupied northern Cyprus has been undermined by Ankara’s attitude to Cyprus’s oil exploration rights. Meanwhile, Turkey, in spite of its NATO membership, remains at best ambivalent towards ISIS terrorism and hostile to Israel. It is also regrettable, on the centenary of the Armenian genocide, that Turkey refuses to open the border with Armenia or recognise this historic crime. Meanwhile, President Erdoğan continues to aggrandise his office into that reminiscent of an Ottoman sultan whilst boosting his ties with Putin’s Russia. Turkey has great geopolitical potential, as has been said by many, as a strategic country with huge economic and energy security roles and a vibrant and rich culture. Let us hope that the muted tone of the period report will be the beginning of a rapprochement rather than a harbinger of a deteriorating relationship between Turkey and the European Union."@en1
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