12/3/2008 How Do I Listen? Archived programs are streamed in the Real Audio Format. Click here to download   Problems Listening? Try this Direct Listen Link if the "Listen to Show" button to the right does not work   Hosted by: Dick Gordon Show Originally Aired: 12/17/2004 CALL 1 800-423-TALK The Turkey Decision Members of the European Parliament hold placards reading 'Yes' in various languages (AP) Email to friend The European Union has agreed to begin discussions to admit Turkey into its club if Turkey agrees to a number of conditions. The number one roadblock is Europe's demand to finally end the armed stand-off over the future of Cyprus. So now Turks must decide if aligning their future with Europe, outweighs the political price of bowing to these conditions. At the same time, polls in Europe show that a majority in France and Germany still oppose Turkey's integration, and they're outspoken in expressing their fears about admitting such a predominately Muslim country. Related Shows Turkey, Kurds, and the E.U. Here And Now (10/18/2004) The Franco-American Relationship World of Ideas (10/10/2004) European Union Considers Turkey Here And Now (12/16/2004) Europe and Immigration The Connection (06/22/2004) Europe Leaders Discuss Anti-Semitism Here And Now (02/19/2004) Berlusconi's Bravura The Connection (07/14/2003) Related Links 'Deal struck' in Turkey-EU talks (BBC) Country profile: Turkey (BBC) Identity politics: Is a Christian or Kurd 'a Turk'? By Yigal Schleifer, Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Yigal Schleifer, reporter for The Christian Science Monitor and the Jerusalem Report in Istanbul. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, German Member of Parliament for the Christian Democratc Union/Christian Social Union Parties. Bulent Aliriza, Director of the Turkey Project for the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Michael Thumann, foreign editor of the German magazine De Zeit.

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