"Turkey: Leaders Present Brave Face On EU Crisis, But Concerns Run High
By Jean-Christophe Peuch
EU headquarters in Brussels
Turkey is due to start entry talks with the European Union on 3 October, with a view to join the bloc no earlier than 2015. Ankara insists its membership bid is unaffected by the French and Dutch 'no' votes on the EU constitution. But the time is critical for the three-year-old Islamic-rooted cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which has done more than any of its predecessors to bring its legislation in line with EU standards."
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