"TURKEY MAKES DIPLOMATIC PUSH FOR EU MEMBERSHIP
Mevlut Katik 11/12/04
Turkey is pressing ahead with a diplomatic campaign to get the European Union to name a date for the start of accession talks. An EU summit next month is expected to consider the issue. While Turkish leaders canvass the continent, France, the most influential critic of Ankara's EU ambitions, may advocate a potential consolation prize - a special EU-Turkish relationship that falls short of full membership."
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