TURKEY EU ACCESSION – JUDICIAL REFORM
October 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHIS week's launch of protracted negotiations leading to Turkey joining the European Union (EU) will stimulate further judicial reform in a country criticised for past human rights abuses. A 'negotiating framework' accepted by the Turks and all EU member states - including Austria, which was unhappy over accepting the accession talks - stressed Turkey must "bring its...judicial systems up to Union standards". It added that "an independent and efficient judicial system" was vital to underpin other governmental reforms required to secure Turkish EU ...
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