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Turkey Calls European Commission Report “Unjust and Biased”

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  • The European Commission's annual report on Turkey's long-stalled EU membership bid is "unjust and biased", the Turkish foreign ministry said. "We categorically reject unfounded claims and unjust criticisms, particularly on the political criteria and the Chapter on Judiciary and Fundamental Rights," the Turkish foreign ministry said in a statement. The report by the EU’s executive arm criticised Turkey on democratic standards, the rule of law, human rights and judicial independence.
  • Turkey's top appeals court took the unprecedented step of filing a criminal complaint against members of the Constitutional Court over a disagreement on the case of imprisoned parliamentarian Can Atalay, a court document seen by Reuters showed.
  • Turkey’s mining industry aims to increase annual gold production by 100 tons, while targetting an increase precious metal export revenues to $15b, Hurriyet report the President of the Turkish Miners’ Association as saying. Gold production in Turkey started in 2001 and a total of 452 tons of gold has been produced to date, he said, adding that this year’s gold production is expected to be around 38 tons.
  • Unemployment rate (Prior: 9.2%) and industrial production figures (Est: +2.8% y/y; Prior: +3.1%) will cross tomorrow.

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