"Turkey's date with destiny
By William Horsley
BBC European Affairs correspondent
The European Union has a rendezvous with history this week. Turkey will be invited to begin talks over the course of next year that will probably lead to its membership in the European Union within about 15 years.
Turkish Prime Minister Recip Tayyip Erdogan (left) in Brussels last week
Turkey's entry will mark an epoch-making change, a merger of Christian Europe with the major Muslim power on its doorstep.
It will also push out the EU's territory to the borders of Iraq, Iran and Syria. "
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