"Turkish FM rules out EU membership 'at any cost' 10/11/2004
Turkey will make every effort to join the European Union, but its membership in the bloc is not an objective it will pursue at 'any cost,' Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said late Tuesday. Gul told parliament the EU was wary of admitting a country as vast as Turkey but was forced to consider the issue when Ankara -- to the surpise of many -- conducted a series of far-reaching reforms to align itself with EU democracy norms. "
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