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Democratic Muslim nation in EU? Yes! - Telegraph

"Democratic Muslim nation in EU? Yes!

By Simon Scott Plummer
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 27/07/2007

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Following this week's Turkish general election, David Miliband spoke of "reaching out" to the victor, the moderate Islamic Justice and Development Party (AKP).

The Foreign Secretary's choice of verb is a measure of Europe's estrangement from a country which joined Nato in 1952, became an associate member of the European Community in 1963 and has been negotiating for full EU membership since 2005."

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