"Turkey Expects Unconditional EU Membership
The top level summit held at the presidential palace (Cankaya Kosku) said there should not be any unresolved issues left hanging over Turkey�s EU bid.
December 8- Turkey has met all of the conditions set by the European Union to start accession negotiations and no new requirements should be made, senior Turkish leaders said late Tuesday.
Membership talks with the EU should commence with out any delays in 2005, said a written statement issued after a meeting chaired by Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer and attended by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, the chief of the General Staff General Hilmi Ozkok and senior advisors."
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