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Europe dispatch
The tip of the anti-Turkish iceberg
The angry row over Cyprus is the least of the obstacles in Turkey's way as it struggles to fulfil its 40-year ambition to join the European mainstream, writes Ian Black
Friday September 9, 2005
It is, for the moment, an obscure diplomatic wrangle being played out largely behind closed doors in the foreign ministries of Europe and in Brussels meeting rooms. But the signs are that a serious crisis is looming over the start of Turkey's long-awaited talks on joining the EU.
Turkey's date with destiny, October 3 - the same day, coincidentally, that Germany was reunited in 1990 - was set last year when the then 15-member EU was finalising its historic 10-country enlargement."
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