Contents
List of Abbreviations / 9 Introduction / 11
Part One: Turkey’s Route to Accession / 17 The Decision of the Council of the EU / 18 The Draft Negotiating Framework for Turkey / 19 The Next Stage / 20 Background to Turkey’s EU bid / 21 The Kurds / 23 The EU-Turkey Civic Commission/ 25 The EUTCC’s Concerns in the Accession Process / 26
Part Two: Accession and Human Rights / 29 Fulfilment of the Copenhagen Criteria? / 29 The Human Rights Situation post-17 December 2004 / 31 The New Penal Code / 33 The EU, Human Rights and the Future of the Accession Process / 35
Part Three: Accession and the Kurds / 39 The Kurdish Question / 39 The Need for a New Approach / 40 Conflict in the Kurdish Regions / 44 Prospects for Political Dialogue / 47
Part Four: Beyond 3 October 2005 / 51
Part Five: Final Resolutions of the Conference / 53 |