"Real reform slog still ahead for Turkey
Thu Dec 9, 2004 02:53 PM GMT
By Gareth Jones
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey seems to be nearing the finishing-line in a marathon race that has transformed its legal and political system, but the real slog to join the European Union has barely started.
Turkey, which has been knocking on Europe's door for 40 years, has enacted swathes of reforms, including abolition of the death penalty and cultural rights for its Kurdish minority.
But as EU leaders prepare to decide at a summit next week whether the large Muslim country is finally ready for entry talks, attention is shifting to the mountains of work ahead."
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