Turkey and the European Union have spent three decades trying to unite, but the EU membership talks seem to be moving toward a permafrost that would effectively end a project that was as majestic as it proved elusive.
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A man reads Cumhuriyet daily newspaper bearing a headline which translates as "Shadow on ballot box"" in Istanbul on April 17, a day after Turkey's referendum.