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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8780

8 September 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey

07/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - On a visit to south-eastern turkey, the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Günter Verheugen, has welcomed the reforms adopted by Ankara by calling for greater efforts. "Since it started looking towards Europe, Turkey has taken steps in favour of the cultural and social rights of Kurds", he said. He welcomed the launch of Kurdish-language television programmes, "although long overdue", whilst stressing that this can only be a beginning. Mr Verheugen is to...

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