EU- Turkey talks opens
The EU opened a new negotiating chapter with Turkey on Thursday on its long-stalled bid for membership, a week after a British vote to leave the EU in which it was a major campaign issue.
The decision is part of the European Union's migrant deal with Ankara in which it also agreed to boost aid to Turkey to cope with millions of refugees on its territory and to speed up visa liberalisation.
Muslim-majority Turkey formally launched its membership bid and since then the EU has opened 15 chapters out of the 35 required to join the bloc, although it has only completed one.
Britain's bitterly-fought Brexit referendum saw 'Leave' campaigners jump on the Turkish membership issue to back their claim Turkey would be a massive source of migrants in the future.
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