By RAF CASERT, Associated Press Writer
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Turkish officials expressed dismay Friday over a European Union  offer to open membership talks that required Turkey to recognize Cyprus. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was considering his country's response.

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The Turks have warned the bloc against imposing too many onerous conditions, and many of them fear membership would threaten their own Muslim traditions.

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