"Talking Turkey
Following December�s EU Summit, Turkey Forced to Reassess Issue of �Minorities�
By Jon Gorvett
In the Turkish town of Hacibektas, an Alevi woman and her son pray Dec. 13 in the dark mausoleum of Haci Bektash Veli, who founded the Muslim Bektashi order in the 14th century. Each year tens of thousands of Alevis visit the small town in central Turkey (AFP photo/Tarik Tinazay).
TURKISH PRIME MINISTER Recip Tayyip Erdogan certainly was not exaggerating when he told the nation after December�s historic European Union summit that �We have a difficult journey ahead of us, littered with obstacles.� While Turkey now has a date to start EU membership talks later this year, a whole string of tough issues still waits to be resolved�and with nothing guaranteed on any side. "
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