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EU engagement gives Turkey a free pass on human rights violations
Posted By William Gourlay on April 20, 2021 @ 13:30
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[1] Turkey’s: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/top-eu-officials-meet-erdogan-for-talks-on-migration-trade-163693
[2] hover awkwardly: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/erdogan-eu-chair/2021/04/06/557173c2-9715-11eb-b28d-bfa7bb5cb2a5_story.html
[3] applauded Turkey: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/statement_21_1603
[4] sofagate: https://au.news.yahoo.com/turkey-blames-eu-sofagate-scandal-100123709.html
[5] report from 2020: https://www.state.gov/reports/2020-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/turkey/
[6] Erdogan’s snap decision: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-women-erdogan/turkeys-erdogan-quits-european-treaty-on-violence-against-women-idUSKBN2BC00J
[7] many Turks: https://twitter.com/metropoll/status/1377180297557549056?s=20
[8] called it: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2021/03/biden-calls-turkish-exit-womens-treaty-disheartening-step-backward
[9] stressed: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-leaders-will-relaunch-turkey-cooperation-with-caveats/
[10] stated: https://euobserver.com/world/151368
[11] human rights action plan: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/president-erdogan-to-unveil-human-rights-action-plan-162791
[12] Peoples’ Democratic Party: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-prosecutor-files-indictment-for-dissolution-of-hdp-163234
[13] revocation of the seat: https://bianet.org/english/politics/240940-hdp-s-omer-faruk-gergerlioglu-stripped-of-mp-status
[14] arrest: https://www.cumhuriyet.com.tr/haber/omer-faruk-gergerlioglunun-oglu-babami-tutuklamaya-geldiler-1825254
[15] relentlessly highlighting: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2021/03/lawsuit-close-pro-kurdish-party-lawmaker-parliament-seat.html
[16] international bodies: https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/03/30/time-focus-human-rights-eus-turkey-agenda
[17] European Parliament: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20210317IPR00117/leading-meps-condemn-another-example-of-crackdown-on-the-opposition-in-turkey?xtor=AD-78
[18] nationalism: https://warontherocks.com/2021/04/turkeys-talk-show-nationalists/
[19] regional leader: https://www.duvarenglish.com/proclamations-of-turkish-superiority-at-the-akp-congress-article-56819
[20] troublesome: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2020/08/turkey-libya-greece-will-coercive-diplomacy-benefit-ankara.html