"TURKEY'S E.U. HURDLES
By AMIR TAHERI
January 1, 2005 -- 'Each time we jump a hurdle, they set up another!' This is how Mesut Yilmaz, the for mer Turkish prime minister, described his country's experience with the European Union a few years ago.
Yilmaz knew what he was talking about if only because for many years, in different government positions, he had been in charge of his country's negotiations for E.U. membership.
Yilmaz's view was reconfirmed just over a week ago; while the European Union summit agreed to open formal negotiations next year about the Turkish application for membership, a number of member states raised the possibility of submitting the issue to referendums. "
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