"We must not turn our back on our best Muslim ally
Europe should welcome the Turks as a way of bringing Islamic and Western values closer together, argues former minister Stephen Twigg
Sunday October 2, 2005
The Observer
The prospect of Turkey's entry to the European Union has triggered a remarkable outburst of fear and anxiety in some member states. Many voters who rejected the constitutional treaty in France and the Netherlands cited the issue of Turkey as a key reason to call a brutal halt to the European project."
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