"EU Agrees to Open Membership Talks with Turkey By Roger Wilkison
Brussels
16 December 2004
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A Turkish woman pushes a baby cart past a billboard showing the red and white Turkish flag blending with the blue and yellow flag of the European Union in Ankara
European Union leaders have agreed to start talks on Turkey's membership in the bloc in October of 2005, but they will ask Turkey to recognize the ethnic Greek government of Cyprus before negotiations begin. "
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