"German Chancellor Seeks Turkish Vote
Staff and agencies
13 September, 2005
By MELISSA EDDY, 2 hours, 28 minutes ago
BERLIN - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder pushed Tuesday for the support of Germany‘s Turkish community in this week‘s election by highlighting his main challenger‘s opposition to Turkey‘s membership in the European Union .
Still, many fear the alternative — Angela Merkel‘s Christian Democrats — could be worse. Merkel‘s party currently has a commanding lead in the polls ahead of Sunday‘s election, though Schroeder has made up ground recently.
The few studies that have been conducted on how Germany‘s Turks, the nation‘s largest Muslim group, vote show the majority support either the Social Democrats or the Greens."
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