The year since the last E.U. Regular Report on Turkey's progress toward accession (2002) has brought more substantial human rights improvement that any since the 1980 coup. Turkey has taken two major strides: abolition of the death penalty (which brings the Turkish legal system into line with Protocol No. 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights) and the removal of many constraints on minority language education and broadcasting. Thus the issue of re-transmition is brought into line with the European Convention on Transfrontier Television. Non- Muslim religious foundations can now acquire property. The nation is currently attempting to draft a law ensuring prompt access to legal counsel for all detainees, which is an important safeguard against torture. However, one must also take into account that such changes are very difficult to suddenly impo

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