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Turkey: EU Must Remove Obstacles To Membership — Official
January 24, 2009Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan said Jan. 24 that several EU countries should stop blocking Turkey’s possible membership in the European Union, KUNA reported. Babacan said, “There are influential countries inside the EU who want to undermine Turkey’s membership.” Turkey has finalized only 10 of the 35 required chapters for EU accession. Eight accession chapters were suspended because Turkey refused to allow Greek Cypriot ships to enter Turkish ports.

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