Turkey touts secular rule in EU bid.In an effort to bolster This article is about the pillow called a bolster. For other meanings of the word "bolster", see bolster (disambiguation). A bolster (etymology: Middle English, derived from Old English, and before that the Germanic word bulgstraz its bid for entry into the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community , Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has assured EU officials that his government would not move the country away from its secular traditions. Turkey has participated in many European institutions for more than 40 years, but its efforts to become an EU member have been arduous ar·du·ous adj. 1. Demanding great effort or labor; difficult: "the arduous work of preparing a Dictionary of the English Language" Thomas Macaulay. 2. . Erdogan has lobbied for full membership status in the EU, claiming that his nation has made significant progress toward protecting freedom of expression and human rights. But in September, some EU members were taken aback when Erdogan announced his support for a law decriminalizing adultery adultery Sexual relations between a married person and someone other than his or her spouse. Prohibitions against adultery are found in virtually every society; Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions all condemn it, and in some Islamic countries it is still punishable by . His support of the proposal sparked ire at home and abroad, with some EU members grousing that the prime minister had stepped back from his public commitments to alter the nation's constitution and laws promoting human rights and democracy. In late September, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times reported, Erdogan met with EU officials in Brussels to assure them that his party was not abandoning its commitment to ensuring the nation's laws upheld secular ideals. |
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