05/12/2004 2:22:00 pm
12 Days Left. On December 17th, EU leaders will decide whether they will say yes or no to starting negotiations with Turkey anout future EU membership. Despite the fact that the negotiations will take at least ten years, it is a giant decision. At this moment, it will be decided what the EU is and whether the "clash of civilisations"-argument will be strongly disproved. The Financial Times had an interesting article in their Weekend section about the path to power for the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan and the development of Turkey in recent decades.



Read the article in FT - >