"Referendums Wrong Way to Decide Turkey's Fate, Leader Says
By CRAIG S. SMITH
Published: October 22, 2004
PARIS, Oct. 21 - The Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, touring Europe to gain support for Turkey's proposed membership in the European Union, sharply objected Thursday to plans by several countries to let domestic referendums eventually decide his country's future."
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