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Before you join ... Turkey, and the rest of us, should rethink its accession to the EU.(The World)

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| January 31, 2005 | Rose, Alexander | COPYRIGHT 2005 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

WELL, at least the Belgians are against it. And Hans-Gert Poettering, chairman of the Christian Democrat bloc in the European Parliament. And Durmus Hocaoglu, an associate professor at Istanbul's Marmara University. And, er, me.

Strange bedfellows, Alex!, I hear you all cry. What ever can have persuaded this disparate band to unite? Why, the question of Turkey's becoming a member of the European Union, an issue resurrected in December when the EU decided that negotiations should open later this year. In a decade's time, should the country satisfactorily fulfill the "Copenhagen Criteria"--so becoming a lawful, stable democracy that respects human rights, has a ...

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