EU Commissioner Frattini: Secular rights in Turkey must be protected
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Temmuz 25, 2007 15:26
EU Commissioner Franci Frattini has made a statement in regards to recent general elections in Turkey, commenting yesterday that "the rights of the secular minority must be protected." Olli Rehn, the EU Commissioner for Expansion, noted "Theocratic states cannot be EU state members." European Parliament MP Frank Venhecke, a Belgian, submitted a series of questions regarding Turkey's future to the EU Presidency for answers.
In an Austrian newspaper, EU Commission Deputy President Franco Frattini said that the possibility that Turkey could turn from a secular state into a theocratic nation would be an "situation difficult to accept."