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26 July 2010updated 27 Sep 2015 2:16am

Cameron is right to talk up Turkey’s EU membership

The Tory right, and some in Labour, are getting Turkey’s human rights record the wrong way around.

By James Macintyre

David Cameron is currently in Turkey, encouraging trade links, amid speculation that the Prime Minister is in favour of Turkish membership of the European Union.

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