European Parliament adopts report on Turkey's progress towards accession

In adopting a report on Turkey's progress towards accession, MEPs stated that they were critical of the slowdown in the reform process.

Paragraph 26 of the European Parliamentary report calls on Turkey to apply EU environmental standards to the Ilisu Dam and other high impact projects:

26. "Calls on the Turkish Government to apply EU environmental standards to projects that are expected to result in possible damage to the environment, such as the proposed gold mine in Bergama and other comparable mining projects, Yortanli dam, which is currently under construction, Ilisu dam, which could result in the destruction of historically important landscapes, like Hasankeyf (which would be flooded by Ilisu dam) and Allionoi (which would be flooded by Allini dam), and other dam projects planned in the Munzur valley and Yusufeli in Artvin province;"