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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8798

2 October 2004
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/informal jha/turkey
Turkish Justice Minister assures there are no longer any obstacles to accession talks

Scheveningen, 01/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - Turkish Justice Minister Cemel Cicek considers the "subject of adultery is no longer a problem" preventing the opening of talks on Turkey's EU membership given that the new penal code was adopted last week without a provision on adultery. Cemel Cicek, who attended the informal Justice and Home Affairs Council in Scheveningen as an observer, prided himself in the European Commission's support. He recalled that the Commission had said there would be...

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