By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan criticized the Duchess of York and a British television channel Friday for alleging that children have been mistreated at government-run orphanages.
Sarah Ferguson, the former wife of Britain's Prince Andrew, and her eldest daughter, Princess Beatrice, took part in the British television program and made an undercover trip to Turkey to examine the orphanages.
Secretly filmed images appeared to show children tied to their beds or left in cribs at an orphanage near the capital city of Ankara.
The program, broadcast Thursday on Britain's ITV, said the treatment of orphans could call into question Turkey's readiness to join the European Union. Turkey is seeking to become a member of the 27-nation EU, and is supported by the British government.
Some Turkish authorities have accused the duchess of attempting to smear the country's reputation.
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