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Turkey's long wait for EU entry

Turkey has been knocking on the EU’s door for more than 40 years, watching in frustration as other countries leapfrogged Ankara in the queue to join the Union.

Turkey's long wait for EU entry

Fri, 17 Dec, 2004 - 09:12

Turkey has been knocking on the EU’s door for more than 40 years, watching in frustration as other countries leapfrogged Ankara in the queue to join the Union.

:: Turkey joined Nato in 1952 and, when the then Common Market was created by six countries in 1957, Ankara assumed it was on the first track to join.

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