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Focus News, Bulgaria
Jan 31 2007
Human rights and Turkey EU entry
31 January 2007 | 21:49 | FOCUS News Agency
Sofia. A human rights group has called for the European Union to be
strict on Turkey's moves to join the bloc, after Nobel-prize winning
Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk cancelled a trip to Germany as concerns
for his personal security grow, Deutsche Welle informs.
The group PEN, that lobbies for persecuted writers, says the EU
should make it clear to Ankara that EU entry is only possible if
Turkey has a strong democracy. Pamuk's safety became an issue after a
key suspect in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
in Istanbul warned Pamuk to be careful. Pamuk was due to visit
Cologne, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Munich from the end of this week. His
German publisher says Pamuk gave no reason for cancelling the trip.
Jan 31 2007
Human rights and Turkey EU entry
31 January 2007 | 21:49 | FOCUS News Agency
Sofia. A human rights group has called for the European Union to be
strict on Turkey's moves to join the bloc, after Nobel-prize winning
Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk cancelled a trip to Germany as concerns
for his personal security grow, Deutsche Welle informs.
The group PEN, that lobbies for persecuted writers, says the EU
should make it clear to Ankara that EU entry is only possible if
Turkey has a strong democracy. Pamuk's safety became an issue after a
key suspect in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
in Istanbul warned Pamuk to be careful. Pamuk was due to visit
Cologne, Hamburg, Stuttgart and Munich from the end of this week. His
German publisher says Pamuk gave no reason for cancelling the trip.