Monday, May 23, 2005

ekathimerini.com | Turkey ponders fate

"Turkey ponders fate
By Paul Taylor - Reuters
MADRID - If France votes �No� to the European Union�s constitution next Sunday, Turkey worries that it could be one of the first victims.
Just five months after winning a historic date for the start of membership talks with the wealthy 25-nation bloc, Turkish officials have been dismayed to see their candidacy become a key focus of the �No� campaigns in French and Dutch referendums.
�Turks are very much complaining about the way Turkey is at the center of discussions in France,� Mehmet Dulger, chairman of the Turkish Parliament�s foreign affairs committee, told a conference on Turkey�s road to Europe in Madrid last week."

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