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Ankara - EU membership negotiations with Ankara began in October last year (Photo: Wikipedia)

MEPs prepare critical report on Turkey

Almost a year after Turkey officially opened EU membership talks with Brussels, MEPs are preparing a report strongly critical of the country's progress on human rights issues.

The 11-page draft report, drawn up by Dutch centre-right MEP Camiel Eurlings, says the the European Parliament "deplores the fact that only limited progress has been reported over the last year as regards fundamental rights and freedoms" and "deplores the absence of progress in the area of freedom of religion sinc...

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Ankara - EU membership negotiations with Ankara began in October last year (Photo: Wikipedia)

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