World Peace Herald
"UPI Interview: Turkey's man in Brussels
By Gareth Harding
UPI Chief European Correspondent
Published August 26, 2005
BRUSSELS -- Almost 40 years after it first applied to join the European Union, Turkey is due to begin membership talks with Brussels in just over a month. United Press International talked to Turkey's Ambassador to the EU, Oguz Demiralp, about the chances of Ankara's membership bid succeeding and the widespread fears many Europeans have about the large, poor, mostly Muslim republic entering the wealthy Western club.
UPI. In a recent EU opinion poll, a majority of Europeans said they were opposed to Turkish membership of the Union -- partly because they are afraid that letting a Muslim country into a largely Christian bloc would lead to 'clash of civilizations.' Do you understand this concern? "
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