"Why Bulgaria Outran Turkey on Their Way to EU
Can Karpat, AIA Balkan Section
Bulgaria is preparing to join the EU by the beginning of 2007. For a country that only 15 years ago was still a “People’s republic”, Bulgaria has made remarkable progress. On the other hand, Turkey, which desperately longs for the EU membership for over 45 years now, is once again left behind. After Greece, Turkey will see another Western neighbour off to the Union. And this time it is worse - a neighbouring and a former communist country outruns Turkey, the most loyal member of the Western bloc during the Cold War…"
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