"Turkish captain foils EU's would-be defenders
Simon Tisdall
Tuesday December 14, 2004
The Guardian
As a young man, Recep Tayyip Erdogan was a gifted footballer; but not quite good enough to turn professional. So he concentrated on politics instead. Now Mr Erdogan is prime minister of Turkey.
EU leaders who must finally make a decision on Turkey's membership application at this week's Brussels summit may be wishing the skilful, determined Mr Erdogan had stuck to football. "
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