Turkey ups the stakes in diplomatic battle over EU bid
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ANKARA, Dec 15  - Raising its tone on the eve of a critical summit, Turkey warned the European Union Wednesday that it would not hesitate to give up its 40-year dream of joining the bloc if it is offered a status falling short of full membership.
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THE controversial decision to give Turkey the green light to start talks on joining the EU will be taken later this week, despite widespread reservations in many member states.
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Turkey signaled growing unease on Monday that the European Union wants to impose special conditions on its drive to join the wealthy bloc and
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The European Union is risking an Islamic backlash in Turkey, the EU's enlargement commissioner says.
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The European Union has decided to embark on its most controversial ever enlargement, by giving Turkey the green light to start entry talks.
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From the beginning, Turkey's path to the European Union was a diplomatic minefield.
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Portugal, which took over the European Union presidency on Sunday, is trying to put off a potentially explosive debate on whether Turkey should be admitted to the bloc.
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Turkey&#39;s Prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has paid a visit to France to defend Ankara&#39;s application to the EU. In French media, he expressed concerns over the terms of the debate in France.
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Turkey's PM Erdogan visits Brussels to put his case for Turkey to start formal talks on joining the EU.
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The European Union spelled out tough conditions for Turkey to start membership talks next October ahead of final bargaining with the Turkish prime minister at a landmark summit.
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Turkey has been knocking on the EUâs door for more than 40 years, watching in frustration as other countries leapfrogged Ankara in the queue to join the Union.
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Turkey&#39;s marathon campaign to join the EU appeared to gain momentum on Thursday after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan assured the union&#39;s worried bureaucrats in Brussels, Belgium, that his governing Islamic party was not straying from Turkey&#39;s
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Turkey has been the most persistent supplicant at the European Union&#39;s gates and its passage through them will be protracted and tortuous.
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TURKEY has convinced Brussels it is ready to start negotiating membership of the European Union, opening the way for a transformation of Europe.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan  celebrated on Monday a decisive poll victory but now faces  challenges over delayed presidential elections, Kurdish  separatist violence and Ankara&#39;s troubled EU bid.
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That centuries-old riddle will be asked again Thursday, when Turkey is expected to take a big step in its troubled quest to join the European Union.
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Turkey has its endemic inflation under control and its growth rate is impressive, but experts say it must deal with a huge public deficit and knock its labyrinthine bureaucracy into shape if it gets the go-ahead Friday to start membership talks with the European Union.