"STRAW: 'EUROPEAN UNION: TURKEY AND CROATIA' (11/10/05)
Event: European Union: Turkey & Croatia
Location: House of Commons
Speech Date: 11/10/05
Speaker: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw
With permission Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the European Union's decisions on Monday last to open negotiations for full membership with Turkey and Croatia.
First, Turkey.
Turkey is part of Europe. It was a founder member of the Council of Europe in the late 1940s, and was invited by the United Kingdom, France and others to join NATO as early as 1952."
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