Turkey: EU political benchmarks ‘were never given to us

Report of a EurActiv interview with Burak Erdenir, deputy undersecretary at the Turkish Ministry for EU Affairs, February 2013. He said that the European Union hadbnever sent Turkey the required benchmarks to reform its justice system, making the country's EU accession process impossible to complete.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Turkey and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-with-turkey/

ESO: Background information: Turkey accuses EU of bigotry http://www.europeansources.info/record/turkey-accuses-eu-of-bigotry/

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