In 1987 Turkey formally applied to join the Community and began the longest application process for any country.

Turkey has already begun military cooperation with China.

During the 1980s Turkey began a program of forced assimilation of its Kurdish population.

Turkey begins construction of a tunnel under the Bosporus.

Turkey is beginning to rival the Algarve for the numbers of golfing tourists annually.

Turkey began military preparations to suppress a revolt in Montenegro.

Turkeys were beginning to gobble back on the ridge.

Turkey received candidate status only in 1999 and began official membership negotiations in 2004.

I hope that Turkey begins to play a constructive role in the Cyprus issue.

Shortly after the war, Turkey began re-supplying Georgia with military technology and weapons.