Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Telegraph | News | Turks need 'cultural revolution' to join EU

"Turks need 'cultural revolution' to join EU
By David Rennie in Brussels
(Filed: 05/10/2005)

Turkey must undergo a 'major cultural revolution' if it is ever to join the European Union, France's President Jacques Chirac insisted yesterday.

That effort would take 'at least 10 to 15 years', Mr Chirac said after a British-led diplomatic marathon cleared the way for Turkish accession talks in the early hours of yesterday."

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