"Turkey caught at a crossroads
POSTED: 1043 GMT (1843 HKT), October 25, 2006
By Simon Hooper for CNN
(CNN) -- Standing at the south-easterly edge of mainland Europe, Turkey's fortunes have always been closely linked to the continent's wider historical currents.
In 1683 the Ottoman Turks marched to the gates of Vienna as they built an empire stretching from the Balkans to the Middle East."
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