Istanbul's historical Grand Bazaar is decorated by Turkish flags (AP)
Turkey, Kurds, and the E.U. Story aired: Monday, October 18, 2004
Early next year Turkey will begin negotiations to join the European Union. Finally. Turkey first made noises about joining the EU forty years ago.
Turkish membership will extend Europe's borders deep into the Middle East. And it will bring a nation of more than 70 million Muslims into a union whose members are overwhelmingly Christian.
Michael Goldfarb of WBUR's Inside Out Documentary Unit spoke with Kerim Yildiz of the Kurdish Human Rights Project in London about the Kurdish view on turkey joining the E.U.
Guests:
Kerim Yildiz of the Kurdish Human Rights Project in London.
