EU 관리들과 28개 회원국은 터키 정부에 대해 인권 존중과 법치를 촉구했으며 터키의 EU 가입협상 중단을 내세워 터키의 사형제 부활 움직임을 저지하고 나섰으나 터키는 내정간섭이라고 반발했다.
EU officials and the 28 member states have called on the Turkish government to respect human rights and the rule of law, and have pushed for Turkey's suspension of EU accession talks to thwart Turkey's move to revive the death penalty, but Turkey has pushed back against the intervention.