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<p>We regularly raise human rights issues and the need to allow freedom of expression
as part of our ongoing dialogue with the Turkish government. As part of this dialogue,
we continue to urge the Turkish authorities to exercise restraint and respond proportionately
to public demonstrations. <br><br>We strongly encourage Turkey to continue work towards
the full protection of fundamental rights, especially in the areas of minority rights
and freedom of expression. Further sustained work is needed to meet EU standards on
the fundamental rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons.
But we do welcome progress made, including the ruling of Turkey’s Constitutional Court
finding hate speech on the grounds of sexual orientation to constitute a criminal
offence.</p>
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