Decision on Turkey will be 'fair', says EU official

A top European Union official said today that the bloc’s upcoming decision on Turkey’s suitability for membership would take into account the series of reforms that the country has carried out.

Guenter Verheugen, the EU’s commissioner in charge of enlargement, was in Ankara on his last visit before the commission is to release a crucial report on whether Turkey has made enough progress to meet the EU’s membership criteria. The report is scheduled for release next month.