"Turkey's turmoil reflects waning EU influence
04 May 2007, 15:28 CET
(ANKARA) - Turkey's current political crisis, marked by a threat to intervene by the military, reflects dwindling EU influence in a country where a deep sense of rejection is putting the brakes on democracy moves, analysts say.
After keeping a low profile in recent years as Turkey carried out reforms as part of talks with the EU over possible membership, the army entered the crisis over the country's next president with a blunt threat to intervene."
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