EU, Turkish leaders meet ahead of crucial December decision
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Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul meets here with EU leaders in the last high-level talks between the two sides in the run-up to December 17 when Turkey faces the moment of truth on its bid to join the European Union.
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Intensive talks aim to end a stalemate over an EU demand that Turkey recognise Cyprus before accession.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will go to Brussels on Thursday in the hopes of easing tensions between Turkey and the European Union ahead of an October 6 progress report that is vital to Turkey&#39;s bid for EU membership, several newspapers reported
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European leaders are set to decide whether to open European Union membership talks with Turkey Friday, 41 years after the largely Muslim state first applied to join the Brussels-based bloc.
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Next month the European Union will hear a progress report on Turkish membership.
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The German, French and Turkish leaders are holding a special three-way meeting in Berlin, with Turkish EU membership expected to be a key issue.
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Europe has a date with destiny this week. When leaders of the 25 European Union countries meet Thursday and Friday, they&#39;re expected to set a date to start EU membership talks with Turkey - for which Ankara has waited 41 years.
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EU leaders meet must decide whether to freeze the entry bid of an increasingly self-confident Turkey.
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The European Parliament (EP) has advised European Union (EU) leaders, who meet today at the EU summit, to begin full membership negotiations with Turkey immediately.
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The moment of truth was approaching for Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union, EU enlargement chief Guenter Verheugen said Monday, as European leaders prepare to decide whether to open membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.
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As European leaders meet to set a date for accession talks with Turkey, the newest EU member states are giving out divergent signals
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By George Parker in Brussels, Raphael Minder in Strasbourg and Bertrand Benoit in Berlin. European leaders will on Thursday hold last-minute talks to hammer out terms under which Turkey can finally embark on the road to joining the European Union.
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ANKARA, Dec 20  - Membership talks between Turkey and the European Union are expected effectively to begin early in 2006 and not on October 3 next year as announced Friday after the EU summit in Brussels, a Turkish official said Monday.
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EU foreign ministers met on Monday for crucial talks on how to penalize Turkey for failing to normalize trade with Cyprus at the start of a week that could derail Ankara's troubled entry negotiations with the bloc.
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Theme: This report examines the historic agreement taken by European Union leaders at their 16-17 December summit in Brussels to begin accession talks with Turkey after 41 years in Europeâs ante-room.
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PARIS - Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed belief on Thursday that the decision that the European Council would make on December 17th (on whether and when to open negotiations with Turkey) would be a milestone for not only Turkey-(EU) relations
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he expected no discriminatory conditions to be attached when European Union leaders decide in December whether to open entry talks with Ankara.