{"id":718,"date":"2017-09-05T16:46:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T16:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madaresharghi.com\/german-leader-vows-to-halt-turkeys-eu-accession-talks\/"},"modified":"2017-09-05T16:46:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T16:46:42","slug":"german-leader-vows-to-halt-turkeys-eu-accession-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madaresharghi.ir\/en\/german-leader-vows-to-halt-turkeys-eu-accession-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"German leader vows to halt Turkey\u2019s EU accession talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t“Turkey is moving away from the path of the rule of law at a very fast speed,” Merkel said in a Tuesday televised debate with her Social Democrat (SPD) election rival before the Bundestag lower house of parliament in Berlin.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t“We will also – and I will suggest this takes place at the EU meeting in October – discuss future relations with Turkey, including the question of suspending or ending talks on accession,” she said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t“I will push for a decisive stand … But we need to coordinate and work with our partners,” the chancellor pointed out.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n\t\t\tMerkel also underlined her government\u2019s determination to do everything in its power to secure the release of 12 Germans citizens detained in Turkey on political charges, whom\u00a0Berlin says are innocent.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tGerman-Turkish relations strained after Turkey refused to allow German lawmakers to visit military personnel at the Incirlik Air Base and another base in Konya in Turkey earlier this year.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tBerlin had earlier blocked visits and speeches by senior Turkish officials to members of the Turkish diaspora in Germany ahead of an April referendum in Turkey over the constitutional reforms.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has recently urged the Turkish population in Germany to vote against Merkel in the upcoming German elections.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tSeparately, Turkey says Germany has granted asylum to officers who were allegedly behind the 2016 failed coup in the country.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe German Foreign Ministry updated its travel advice on Tuesday, warning of “incomprehensible” arrests across Turkey, including in the country\u2019s tourism regions.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMerkel\u2019s remarks came a day after EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said the bloc will continue its membership talks with Turkey despite disagreements with Ankara on human rights issues.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tTurkey has been trying to accede to the EU since the late 1980s. Formal accession talks began in 2005. The EU has opened 16 out of the 35 chapters required for Turkey to join the 28-nation bloc, but only one of them has so far been concluded.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe talks have effectively been halted since Turkey began a massive crackdown on supposed putschists following an abortive coup in 2016. The EU reacted strongly to Ankara\u2019s purging of thousands of people from organizations and institutions over alleged links to the coup attempt.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tThe European Parliament voted in favor of halting the membership talks with Turkey in November 2016 over Ankara\u2019s heavy-handed crackdown following the failed coup.<\/p>\n

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