EU to start conditional entry talks with Turkey
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The European Union&#39;s executive commission is expected to recommend on Wednesday that Turkey begin entry talks for membership in the bloc, but with stringent and long-term conditions attached.
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The European Union must vote to start membership talks with Turkey immediately and without attaching more conditions when its leaders meet tomorrow in Brussels, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said.
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BRUSSELS - The 25-nation European Union has agreed to open groundbreaking accession talks with Turkey next year. But the bloc insisted that talks can only begin 3 October, 2005, if Turkey ends its long-standing
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Turkey said on Monday it would seek  changes in the European Commission's report on its candidacy  before EU leaders meet to debate it at a summit on Dec. 17 and  decide whether to open entry talks with Ankara.
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The European Union's head office opened a meeting Wednesday at which it was likely to recommend that Turkey begin EU membership talks with one key proviso: that negotiations be halted if Ankara backtracks on sweeping democratic and human rights reforms.
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The European Union and Turkey struck  an historic deal on Friday to start talks next year on  admitting the vast Muslim nation to the bloc after last-minute  haggling over Ankara's relationship with Cyprus.
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The EU has offered to begin membership talks with Turkey next year, with 3 October given as a start date. EU leaders said the aim of the talks - which could take up to 15 years - would be full membership, but Turkey&#39;s entry could not be guaranteed.
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Ambassadors from the European Union&#39;s 25 member states are set to begin talks in Brussels today on what the bloc might offer Turkey during a key summit later this month.
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The European Union&#39;s head office has begun a meeting at which it is likely to recommend that Turkey open EU membership talks with one key proviso: that negotiations be halted if Ankara backtracks on sweeping democratic and human
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Germany will support the start of European Union membership talks with Turkey if the EU Commission gives the go-ahead next month, a government spokesman said Friday.
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The European Commission's report on Turkey next week will recommend that the European Union open accession negotiations with Ankara, the German daily Bild said Sunday, quoting sources at the EU executive.
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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
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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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The European Commission was set on Wednesday to give Turkey the green light to start entry negotiations with the EU, while warning there is a long and potentially bumpy road ahead.
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The European Union has a rendezvous with history this week. Turkey will be invited to begin talks over the course of next year that will probably lead to its membership in the European Union within about 15 years.
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The European Union spelled out tough  conditions on 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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Tony Blair will offer to champion Turkeyâs EU membership bid today after wining support from fellow European leaders for the countryâs controversial accession talks to begin in October.