Turkish flag flutters by the wind over a statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, on the waterfront of Bosphorus Straits in Istanbu. Turkish flag flutters by the wind over a statue of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, on the waterfront of Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, October 6, 2004. Turkey won a provisional green light from the European Commission on Wednesday to open membership negotiations with the European Union, a watershed decision after 40 years of on-again, off-again talks. REUTERS/Fatih Saribas