Ilkin acknowledged the need to revise legislation governing freedom of expression and to update the Civil Service Act. Also under consideration are laws that would create the office of ombudsman and compensate families of victims of terrorism, he added. Ilkin emphasized that Turkey's moves toward human rights reform were absolutely necessary for the governance of the nation and were not a submission to outside pressure. We are not up to pleasing ourselves or anybody else. Ilkin complained that the impediments to Turkey's becoming part of Europe were caused by the application of different yardsticks, not by the declared objections to its human rights record.
Turkey needs Europe as much as much as Europe needs Turkey.
He has been tried in a court, and he has admitted his . . . He is just concerned with saving his life. All That Glitters Egypt has grand plans for the millennium. On a more immediate issue, Moussa noted that the violent exchanges between Hezbollah and Israel last week did not bode well for expectations that Israel could achieve peace with Syria and Lebanon. News Jobs AP Shopping Archives Entertain.