Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Eastern promise splits Turkey

"Eastern promise splits Turkey

Thomas Seibert, Foreign Correspondent

* Last Updated: March 04. 2009 12:40AM UAE / March 3. 2009 8:40PM GMT

Recep Tayyip Erdogan leaves a debate with the Israeli President Shimon Peres earlier this year. Fabrice Coffrini / AP

ISTANBUL // Erdal Kabatepe is certain that Turkey’s appetite for joining the EU is ebbing away. After all, the money he has been using to promote the country’s European perspective is doing just that."

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