Andrew Duff MEP

Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for East of England

Andrew Duff MEP for East of England

Andrew Duff on mission to Turkey

8.00.00am BST (GMT +0100) Mon 28th Jul 2008

Andrew Duff, Liberal Democrat Euro MP for the East of England, is on a

mission to Turkey this week. He will give a lecture at Bilgi University,

Istanbul and have meetings with a number of civil society NGOs, as well as

the Turkish press.

Andrew Duff, who is Vice-President of the European Parliament's committee on

Turkey, says: "This is a crucial week for Turkey, as the supreme court

begins to hear the case brought by the public proseuctor to close the ruling

party, the AKP, and to banish the President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan

from politics.

"Turkey's progress towards the European Union and its own modernisation will

be put on hold if the country's courts succeed in blocking the political

will of the people as expressed overwhelmingly in the ballot box. Democracy

and civil rights go hand in hand. I hope my visit can serve to help those in

Turkey who are fighting to make it a truly modern European place."

ENDS

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