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Olli Rehn (l) has urged Turkey to reform further (Photo: European Commission)

EU steps up pressure on Turkey to revise penal code

The European Commission has announced it will require a revision of Turkey's penal code as a condition for Ankara's progress in EU talks on judicial affairs, while hinting that it could receive a green light for negotiations in two other politically uncontroversial areas in the coming weeks.

"Now is the time for Turkey to regenerate the momentum of the reform process," EU enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn told journalists on Tuesday (6 October) when presenting the commission's report o...

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Olli Rehn (l) has urged Turkey to reform further (Photo: European Commission)

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