EU calls for Turkey crackdown probe

A senior European Union official today criticised the Turkish police’s harsh crackdown on protesters, telling an audience that included the prime minister that a “swift and transparent” investigation was needed.

EU calls for Turkey crackdown probe

A senior European Union official today criticised the Turkish police’s harsh crackdown on protesters, telling an audience that included the prime minister that a “swift and transparent” investigation was needed.

The comments by Stefan Fule, the EU enlargement commissioner, came at an Istanbul conference aimed at furthering the country’s decades-long ambition to join the 27-nation bloc. That effort has advanced slowly, hampered by a dispute over EU-member Cyprus, Turkey’s previous human rights problems and some political resistance among EU members.

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