Commission President Romano Prodi will visit Turkey on Thursday with an agenda that is dominated by the country's EU membership prospects and the divided island of Cyprus.
During his two-day visit in Ankara and Istanbul, Mr Prodi – the first EU Commission president to visit Turkey in four decades – is expected to praise Turkey for the progress made in meeting the EU accession criteria.
But he will also call for the continuat...
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