"Turkey faces long road after EU green light 19/12/2004
Turkey may have spent the weekend celebrating after securing a long-awaited green light for EU entry talks -- but as a new week dawns it faces a long and bumpy road ahead, with no guarantee it won't ultimately come to a dead end. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was hailed as a conquering hero on his return from the Brussels gathering, where the European Union chiefs agreed to start talks next October. Erdogan claimed a 'success' after notably persuading the EU to accept a compromise on the vexed issue of Cyprus which both sides admitted falls short of a Turkish recognition of the divided island, as the EU has long sought. But after the partying dies down, Ankara will inevitably wake up to the sobering reality of what lies ahead. "
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