Friday, October 22, 2004

AP Wire | 10/22/2004 | OECD Report Boosts Turkey's EU Case

"OECD Report Boosts Turkey's EU Case

LAURENCE FROST

Associated Press


PARIS - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan made the most of an upbeat economic report on his country to press its case for membership in the European Union.
Less than two months before EU leaders decide whether to begin membership talks with Ankara, Erdogan said Thursday that the hostility shown in some European countries toward Turkey's bid 'saddens' him."

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