"EU, Turkey Launch Membership Talks Following Historic Agreement
The European Union and Turkey reached a historic agreement on Friday on starting talks on admitting the large Muslim nation to the bloc
Friday, Dec. 17, 2004 Posted: 3:57:32PM EST
The European Union and Turkey reached a historic agreement on Friday on starting talks on admitting the large Muslim nation to the bloc more than 40 years after Ankara signed an association deal as a first step to membership in 1963.
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'[It] is an historic event,' British Prime Minister Tony Blair told reporters. �It shows that those who believe there is some fundamental clash in civilizations between Christian and Muslim are actually wrong, that we can work together and we can cooperate together.'"
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