"Turkey's Erdogan eyes place in history 12/12/2004
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, considered a dangerous Islamist firebrand just a few years ago, eyes a place in history as the man who led Turkey through a massive reform process to unlock the doors of the European Union for his nation. The EU is widely expected to decide in favor of inviting Turkey to membership talks at its summit in Brussels next week, a milestone for this largely Muslim republic's eight-decade effort to modernize and integrate with the West. "
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