Turkey, Oct 9, 2026 (AFP) - EU says Turkey's crackdown on rights hampers membership bid

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2026-10-09

The European Union said Friday it had "serious concerns" about democratic standards in Turkey, warning that a crackdown on rights was further undermining Ankara's long-stalled bid to join the bloc. Turkey's bid to join the EU, which began with membership talks in 2005, has been effectively at an impasse for years. "Our concerns about democratic standards remain," the EU's Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos told journalists in Edirne, a city in no......

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