Erdogan tells Merkel to avoid 'historic mistake' on Turkey's EU bid
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he had told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that European Union leaders should avoid &quot;a historic mistake&quot; when they discuss Turkey's membership bid next week.
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The European Commission president urged Turkey on Thursday to &quot;go the extra mile&quot; to show Europeans it is ready for EU membership talks as the bloc prepared
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European Union president Finland warned Turkey that it faces at least a partial suspension of its EU membership talks if Ankara fails to ratify a customs agreement with Brussels.
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French President Jacques Chirac may have presided over the European Union's longest summit, but that did not prevent him from giving Germany's Angela Merkel some advice on Friday on how to keep meetings short.
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BRUSSELS: The European Commission president last night urged Turkey to &quot;go the extra mile&quot; 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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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to meet EU enlargement chief Guenter Verheugen this week, officials said Tuesday as Ankara seeks to defuse a spat with Brussels ahead of a crunch EU report.
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul of Turkey failed on Tuesday to persuade Germany's conservative opposition to back Turkey's bid for full European Union membership, but said he was confident the bloc would give a ...
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Turkey's PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticises EU nations for not doing more to tackle Kurdish PKK rebels.
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A top European Union official said Monday that recent Turkish reforms would be considered in the country's bid for bloc membership, and appealed to the nation's leaders to avoid violence in dealing with the Kurds.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has scheduled a meeting with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to discuss Turkey's candidature in the European Union and the situation in divided Cyprus, Turkish and German ...
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday he would hold three-way talks with French and German leaders on Turkey's EU membership bid, which the two heavyweights of the bloc oppose.
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BRUSSELS  - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stood firm behind Ankara&#39;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&#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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ANKARA, 18 September 2004 - Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday warned the European Union against meddling in âTurkeyâs internal affairs.
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France will come under renewed pressure on Tuesday to soften its stance on Turkey's bid to join the European Union when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan drops in on a Franco-German summit in Berlin.
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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan threatened on Saturday to order an incursion into northern Iraq against Kurdish guerrillas after the failure of talks with Iraq aimed at averting a cross-border raid.
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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan bluntly told the European Union on Friday it had no business meddling in Turkish domestic affairs as Turkey&#39;s decades-old campaign to join the wealthy bloc turned bitter.