Crushing Turkey's hopes for EU entry is a death sentence for its reform drive

28th Sep 2005, 20:09 GMT

Although the European Parliament's resolution to add new conditions to Turkey's accession to the European Union will not affect the start of negotiations toward this end, the move was yet another example of Europe's deep reluctance to welcome Turkey into the union. It has been over 40 years since Turkey first applied to be a member of what was then the ECC.