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| EU legislators insist on change to Turkey's terrorism law for visa deal | |
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| ALAN | May 19 16, 12:39 Post #1 |
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ISTANBUL — The European Parliament expects Turkey to meet the 72 criteria, including changes in counter-terrorism law, required under a deal to curb migration, the head of a European Parliament delegation said on Wednesday (May 18). Brussels wants Ankara to narrow its legal definition of terrorism and change some other laws to meet EU standards - as part of the wide-ranging deal to secure Turkish help in reducing the flow of migrants into Europe in return for visa-free travel for Turks to EU countries. Marietje Schaake, a Dutch lawmaker who is the head of a human rights delegation visiting Turkey, said the 72 criteria that Turkey is required to meet were agreed in 2013, long before the migrant agreement was reached. She said there were concerns about "the use and abuse of anti-terror laws to stifle or silence the legitimate speech or journalistic freedom or media freedom". The stand-off between Turkey and EU has cast doubts on the future of an agreement. The EU and rights groups accuse Turkey of using its broad anti-terrorism laws to stifle dissent. Ankara says it needs the laws to battle the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) at home and the Islamic State in neighbouring Iraq and Syria. http://www.nrttv.com/EN/Details.aspx?Jimare=7864 |
| Russian Girenak Joseph, who visited Kirkuk in Kurdistan as a part of his tour throu the 1870 - 1873 AD, who published the results of his trip & his studies later in 1879, in the 4th volume in the Bulletin of the Caucasus department of the Royal Geographical Russian Society estimated Kirkuk's population as many as 12-50,000 people, & he emphasized that except 40 Christian families, the rest of the population were Kurds. As for The Turkmen & Arabs, they have not been already existed at the time. | |
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