Orhan Pamuk to stand trial for denigrating Turkish identity | 33 comments (33 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Turkey denigrating the EU identity (none / 1)

See above: Turkey isn't a member yet, and the one thing that could derail membership is a failure to sort out it's human rights legislation and stuff.

Mind you, with the way the UK and US are going Turkey is going to look like a shining beacon of human rights pretty soon.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Wed Dec 14th, 2005 at 05:31:58 AM EST
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Re: Turkey denigrating the EU identity (none / 0)

Romania could yet see its already agreed accession derailed by the CIA prison scandal.

A society committed to the notion that government is always bad will have bad government. And it doesn't have to be that way. — Paul Krugman

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Dec 14th, 2005 at 05:34:33 AM EST
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Orhan Pamuk to stand trial for denigrating Turkish identity | 33 comments (33 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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