Turkey Backs Off Plan to Outlaw Adultery
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ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's government backed off its plan to outlaw adultery after criticism within the European Union, strident protests from opposition politicians and a march on parliament Tuesday by hundreds of outraged Turkish women.    Government leaders had proposed an adultery ban as part of a major overhaul of the mostly Muslim country's 78-year-old penal code, which comes as the 25 EU states prepare to decide by end of the year whether to begin talks on Turkey's appeal for membership...
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Turkey&#39;s long battle for EU membership was back on track yesterday, after Ankara pledged to press ahead with key reforms and backed down over plans to criminalise adultery.
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Turkey was warned Monday that its desire to open talks to join the European Union would be snubbed unless it passed an overhaul of its penal code, and very soon.
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Turkey told the European Union yesterday to stop meddling in its domestic affairs as a row over a move to criminalise adultery threatened to provoke a crisis between Ankara and Brussels.
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Chicago Tribune - A proposal to again criminalize adultery, inserted at the last minute in a reform package designed to bring Turkish law in line with European Union standards, may wind up hurting Turkey's chances of joining the EU.
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ISTANBUL, Sep 20 (IPS) - Turkey may still aspire to speedy talks to join the  EU, but its move to make adultery a crime is in the way.
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Under pressure from no fewer than six EU governments, Turkey began to back down yesterday on its move to criminalise adultery, indicating strongly that the plan would be shelved.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament is debating reforms to the country&#39;s penal code which would include making adultery a crime. The controversial proposal is part of sweeping changes to Turkey&#39;s laws intended to bring them
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ANKARA, Turkey  - Parliament overwhelmingly approved Sunday legal reforms expected to boost Turkey's chances of starting membership talks with the European Union after the governing party dropped a proposal to criminalize adultery that EU leaders sharply opposed.
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The EU enlargement commissioner says  Turkey's plans to make adultery a crime could harm its EU bid.
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Polling was suspended 10 days ago in a row over whether to include a bill to criminalise adultery. After a week of wobble when Turkey&#39;s European ambitions appeared to have stalled, the end of the country&#39;s marathon reform process is in sight.
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On one hand there is the European Union, demanding Turkey reform its criminal code. On the other, a powerful group of conservative Muslims who insist such changes should include criminalizing adultery.
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Thousands of secular Turks rallied on Saturday against a plan by the government to allow women students to wear the Muslim headscarf at university, a move they say will usher in a stricter form of Islam in Turkey.
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Turkey's ruling party confirmed  Wednesday it had shelved plans to outlaw adultery that had  infuriated women's rights groups and upset the European Union  Ankara aspires to join.
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ANKARA - Hundreds of women marched through Ankara on Tuesday to protest against the government&#39;s attempts to make adultery a criminal offence.
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VAN, Turkey After suffering a wave of criticism from European Union officials, women&#39;s groups, newspaper columnists and finally from its own members, Turkey&#39;s governing party abandoned a proposal on Tuesday to criminalize adultery.
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Turkey&#39;s government backed off its plan to outlaw adultery after criticism within the European Union, strident protests from opposition politicians and a march on parliament Tuesday by hundreds of outraged Turkish women.