The European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee today said that Turkey has not yet met the political criteria to join the European Union.
Parliamentarians voted overwhelmingly in favour of declaring Turkey unfit to start membership negotiations, citing a raft of areas where Ankara has not implemented the necessary reforms - from curbing the influence of the army to increasing Kurdish rights.
Although members praised the work of Turkey's ruling AK (Justice and Development) Part...
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