"Analysis: Will Turkey join the EU?
UPI - Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 6:46:27 PM EST By MELANIE MARCIANO
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (UPI) -- Turkey is reforming quickly, however, a change in public opinion is needed for its inclusion in the European Union, foreign policy analysts at the Heritage Foundation contend.
Abdullah Akyuz, president of the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association, said Turkey has come a long way in the past five years and should be validated as a full member of the EU. 'Thanks to reforms in the past five, and especially, two years, Turkey has shown it is ready for negotiation,' Akyuz said. 'I think this progress has come as a surprise to the EU.'"
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