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Turkey criticised by EU Parliament Foreign Affairs Cttee over Accession Report 2010
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Added: 17-02-2011 00:05:43
CyBC news reports in English, Turkish and Greek 10.02.2011 about EU criticism of Turkey for failing to demonstrate goodwill towards a peaceful reunification of Cyprus by failing to begin to withdraw its army of occupation, withdraw its hundreds of thousands of illegal settlers, give back Famagusta to its lawful inhabitants, and contribute to the mission to ascertain the fate of still-missing people in Cyprus, and failure to implement the Ankara protocol. While not reporting about other-than-Cyprus-related matters of Turkey's EU membership applications process such as the juduciary and human rights in Turkey itself not having progressed, or the rights of the multi-million Kurdish people within Turkey not being provided with even a modicum of rights which Turkey seeks to secure for Turkish-speaking Cypriots in a possible Cyprus settlement - Erdogan's response to Turkish Cypriot demonstrations against his policies is hardly a harbinger of "peace with neighbours" but rather appears as proof of dictatorial megalomania which has been harshly criticised within Turkey itself. See video: Turkish Cypriots General Strike protesting Turkey's policies 28.01.2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-PsxLXnwPo Turkish Cypriot unions object to Erdogans "Strategic Interests" over Cyprus demos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY8DQonfjxI Even long-time supporter of Turkey's EU prospects, British MEP Andrew Duff is critical, as quoted by Zaman newspaper article on Feb 12th by Fatma Demirelliİ "A draft European Parliament report on Turkey, approved by the parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, said Turkey's refusal to open its ports and airports to Greek Cyprus continues to affect the negotiation process and urged Ankara to agree to concessions to "facilitate a suitable climate for negotiations by immediately starting to withdraw its forces from Cyprus." "Speaking to Today's Zaman in an interview, Andrew Duff, a British member of the European Parliament, went further and said accession will no longer be a topic to discuss for the European Parliament this time next year if there is no "dramatic change" on Cyprus this year. If Turkey does not bring a solution, he said, "there is no chance of a settlement in this generation and there is no chance that Turkey can continue the formal accession process." "The reason why I am so outspoken on this is that I'm getting tired of pretending that everything is fine, while we all know privately that it is not," said Duff, who has been a strong supporter of Turkish accession. "The EU's toughening position was also apparent during a visit last month by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Greek Cyprus, where she praised the Greek Cypriot leadership for doing its best to reach a settlement, while accusing the Turkish side of not doing enough." "Ankara, Brussels brace for showdown over Cyprus" http://www.todayszaman.com/news-235372-news-analysis-ankara-brussels-brace-for-showdown-over-cyprus.html Turkish Troops out of Cyprus at Livestream: http://www.livestream.com/turkish_troops_out_of_cyprus
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