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Turkey, ankara

The writer is deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Turkey.

It is indeed gratifying to see that there is a growing awareness within Europe of the strategic, economic and cultural depth and breadth that Turkey would bring to the EU with its membership. Turkey’s economic potential and human resources are increasingly regarded as the assets that they are, rather than a burden, by a great number of European statesmen, businessmen and intellectuals. It is also widely acknowledged that Turkey has contributed to the development of the European Security and Defense Policy.

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The upcoming European Council meeting in Brussels will represent an important milestone on the way to the decisive rendezvous in December 2004. My government rightly anticipates a clear and positive message from Brussels that will offer further encouragement for Turkey.

Next year, the European Council is expected to adopt a decision to commence accession negotiations with Turkey without delay. The initiation of negotiations will represent the beginning of a next phase in the process of accession.

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Turkey is the living proof that a Muslim society can be governed in a democratic, accountable and transparent manner in accordance with European norms, including rule of law and gender equality, scend geography, religions and cultures. The accomplishments of the Turkish government are a call to both the West and the East.

Herald Tribune,

February 20, 2004

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The Turkish question threatens to become one of the most I explosive in the EU. Advocates of Turkey point to the advantages of embracing a secular Muslim nation that plays a strategic role for the West.

Opponents talk, like M Giscard, of the obstacles to absorbing a big, poor Muslim nation from outside the European tradition.

Financial Times,

March 12, 2004

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Cyprus Peace Plan

NICOSIA, Cyprus (Reuters) – The UN’s new Cyprus peace plan was thrown into confusion Saturday when Turkey’s leader said a reunited island of Greek and Turkish Cypriots should not join the European Union until Turkey was admitted.

The diplomats saw this surprise comment as a hard ball ploy to speed up Turkey’s own EU entry.

Herald Tribune,

March 12, 2004

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eu denies "ethnic cleansing" over cyprus

By Judy Dempsey in Brussels

European Union diplomats involved in reaching a settlement over the divided island of Cyprus have rejected suggestions by Greek Cypriot leaders that the United Nations plan to unify the country amounts to "ethnic cleansing".

Financial Times,

April 19, 2004

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EU may open membership talks with Croatia

as reward for reform

By George Parker and Judy Dempsey in Brussels

Croatia will be told today that it could start talks as early as next year to join the European Union, as long as it improves its record on war crimes and the treatment of refugees.

A decision on Croatian membership of the EU could be taken by government leaders in June 2004, with final negotiations expected to take a further four years.

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Günter Verheugen, EU enlargement commissioner, believes Croatian membership could send a powerful signal to Serbia and other western Balkan countries that democratic reforms will be rewarded.

But Mr Verheugen says the EU must first be convinced that Croatia has made a definitive break from its turbulent recent past, and fully complied with the Union’s entry criteria.

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His comments raise the possibility of Croatia joining the EU as early as 2008, a year after Romania and Bulgaria.

Croatia has long resented being lumped together as part of the western Balkans, insisting its cultural and religious identity – it is predominately Catholic and was part of the Austro-Hungarian empire – gives it a special place in Europe. The rest of the western Balkans is largely Orthodox or Muslim.

Human rights organizations have repeatedly argued that the EU should not give Croatia any dates for possible membership until it co-operates completely with the Hague tribunal in sending alleged war criminals to the court for atrocities committed against the Serb minority living in Croatia and against Muslims in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

December 9, 2003

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