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EU-Turkey: Turkey won't reform terrorism law to conform with EU deal

09 August 2016

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"Turkey won't amend its anti-terrorism law, a blow which could upend the EU-Turkey migrant-swap deal signed off with Ankara in March. In an interview with the Financial Times on Monday (8 August), Turkey's EU minister Omer Celik said it would be "impossible" to overhaul the law in the immediate future.

EU imposed conditions require Turkey to narrow its definition of terrorism in the law, as part of a broader deal to free-up short term visas for Turkish nationals to travel in the European Union. But the initial plan to ease visa waivers following the migrant deal over the summer failed, Ankara unable to meet all 72 visa liberalisation benchmarks."

See: Turkey won't reform terrorism law to conform with EU deal (euobserver, link)

Note: The granting of a visa waiver scheme for Turkey requires the agreement of the European Parliament.

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