While we want to support Turkeys proWestern. democratic oriented government. we cannot abandon what we continue to see in terms of human rights abuses and those who face oppression. The State Department and Defense Department report on allegations of abuses by Turkeys armed forces confirmed OSCE and NGO data that Turkeys leaders have failed to improve human rights conditions. More than 2.000 Kurdish villages have been evacuated. creating 2 million internal refugees. Death squads operate unhindered and hundreds of civilians have disappeared or become victims of unsolved murders. Turkeys pending entry into an EU Customs Union. clearly linked to human rights improvements. has barely spurred cosmetic reforms to address laws which restrict free expression.
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