Turkish Leader Calls for EU Membership Talks
Dec 10, 2004 Brussels
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Brussels to make a final pitch before next week's EU summit for the 25-nation bloc to set a date for his country to begin membership talks. Public opposition in some EU countries to eventual Turkish membership is growing, and Turkey says the bloc is throwing up new obstacles to its accession.
Mr. Erdogan has obtained support from the European Commission, the EU's executive body, and from the Dutch government, which holds the EU's rotating presidency, for starting entry talks early next year.
Turkish Leader Calls for EU Membership Talks
