"Turkish membership in EU in balance as army defends secularism
PARIS: With political tensions rising in Turkey between secularists and politicians with Islamist roots, European Union officials are watching cautiously from the sidelines with pointed warnings about the importance of democracy.
At stake are the EU's negotiations with Turkey, where human rights issues and democracy are critical themes in its talks to join the Union."
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