"Turkish minority digs in its heels against drive to join the EU
By Vincent Boland
Published: December 3 2004 02:00 | Last updated: December 3 2004 02:00
A sub-headline in Wednesday's edition of Ortadogu [Middle East], the newspaper of Turkey's hardline Nationalist Action party (MHP), read: 'Another outrageous demand from the EU'.
It was above a report claiming that some members of the European Union were demanding that Turkey open talks with Kurdish separatists."
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