Brussels says ‘Yes’ to Turkish entry talks

On the basis of a comprehensive report assessing progress on human rights, democracy, the rule of law and the protection of minorities, the European Commission recommended on 6 October 2004 that accession talks begin with Turkey. A final decision on whether and when to begin talks will be taken at the European Council on 17 December 2004.

European Commission: DG Enlargement: Candidate Countries: Turkey: Reports: 2004 Recommendation on Turkey (COM [2004] 656 final) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=en&numdoc=504DC0656

European Commission: DG Enlargement: Candidate Countries: Turkey: Regular Report 2004 http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/archives/pdf/key_documents/2004/rr_tr_2004_en.pdf

European Commission: Speech: SPEECH/04/440 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/04/440&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Press Release: IP/04/1180 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1180&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

BBC News: Turkey hails EU entry progress, 7.10.04 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3721998.stm

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