"Shadows across the Bosphorous
By M K Bhadrakumar
By a curious coincidence, May 29, when the vehement rejection of the proposed European constitution in the referendum in France became known in Turkey, was the 552nd anniversary of the conquest of the Byzantine capital of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) by Fathi Sultan Mehmet. That event in 1453 marked the Ottoman entry into 'Europe'. The French 'no' vote - followed by the Dutch one - could well presage difficulty for Turkey's 're-entry' into Europe. "
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