Turkey Faces Opposition for EU Membership
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A European Union commissioner Wednesday recommended partially suspending membership talks with Turkey to protest Ankara's continued refusal to open its ports to EU member Cyprus.Comment
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The European Union spelled out tough  conditions Friday 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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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara's bid to join the European Union, rejecting calls to recognise Cyprus and dismissing any new conditions to win EU entry.
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Turkey's parliament discusses plans to criminalise adultery, but the EU warns they could hurt its hopes of joining the bloc.
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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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ANKARA, Dec 15  - Turkey will reject an invitation to start accession talks with the European Union if it is offered a status less than full membership, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying by one of his aides.
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The European Commission president  urged Turkey on Thursday to "go the extra mile" to show  Europeans it is ready for EU membership talks as the bloc  prepared to approve them despite misgivings by many voters.
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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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Just the prospect of admitting Turkey, a Muslim country of 71 million people, into the European Union has set off a fierce debate over the nature of European identity.
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The European Union's decision to  partially suspend Turkey's entry talks will cause problems for  the Muslim nation, but Ankara will still press ahead on its  path to membership, a senior ruling party lawmaker said on  Tuesday.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan rebuffed a European Commission plea on Friday to make a gesture toward recognition of Cyprus before EU leaders decide next week on opening membership talks with Ankara.
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Turkey, rattled by growing signs of  resistance in the European Union to its entry bid, said on  Monday it would seek changes in the wording of a key report on  its candidacy before EU leaders debate it on Dec. 17.
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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 Turkish opposition urges an early recall of parliament to adopt penal reforms demanded by the EU.
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EU foreign ministers met on Monday to make final preparations for a landmark decision later this week to open entry talks with Turkey amid renewed evidence of strong opposition to Turkish membership in key EU ...
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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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BRUSSELS Turkey faced stiff calls on Monday to abandon a proposed law outlawing adultery in order to keep its campaign to join the European Union on track.