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    PanARMENIAN.Net

    EU Commissioner to Arrive in Ankara to "Encourage
    Turkish Officials for Progress"
    29.09.2006 18:42 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ European Union Commissioner for Enlargement Olli
    Rehn will arrive in Ankara on Oct. 2 to encourage Turkish officials to
    make more progress on the implementation of reforms before the
    European Commission's annual progress report due on Nov. 8. Rehn's
    impressions from the visit, on which he is to monitor progress in
    implementing reforms by meeting representatives of non-governmental
    organizations, will play a significant role in the final touches to
    the report.

    He will also take part in a meeting on "The European Social Model and
    Syndicated Rights in the EU Negotiation Process" on Oct. 3. Rehn will
    also meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul and other Turkish
    officials. He told the Strasbourg assembly late Tuesday that Turkey
    has to make more progress in implementing reforms. He noted that
    controversial Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) will most
    likely affect the upcoming progress report on Turkey in a negative
    light and urged the Turkish government to abolish or amend the
    article.

    "Despite the acquittal of novelist Elif Safak, freedom of expression
    remains under threat in Turkey," Rehn said Tuesday, arguing that the
    mere existence of such judicial proceedings had "a chilling effect" on
    journalists, writers and activists, reports ABHaber.
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