"The European Union needs Turkey
By Soner Cagaptay
Saturday, November 27, 2004
On Oct. 6, the European Union issued its much-anticipated report evaluating Turkey's accession prospects. The report said that Ankara satisfied the EU's membership rules sufficiently to begin accession talks. However, the report also suggested a special track for talks with Turkey, one with no promise of membership. This sets Turkey apart from all other candidate countries for which accession talks have been close ended. "
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