Turkey president vetoes vote plan
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Turkey's president vetoes a constitutional change which would have let the public elect the head of state.
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Turkey's ruling party confirmed on Wednesday it had shelved plans to outlaw adultery that had infuriated women's rights groups and upset the European Union Ankara aspires to join.
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PARIS Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, touring Europe to drum up support for membership in the European Union, on Thursday criticized plans by several countries to let domestic referendums eventually decide his country&#39;s future.
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Turkey's government pulls a crucial legal reform package from debate  amid controversy over an adultery clause.
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Gov. George Pataki yesterday vetoed a bill that would have taxed cigarettes and gasoline sold to non-Indians from reservations around the state, saying the measure went against his policy of negotiating voluntary solutions with tribes.
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BRUSSELS The European Commission will not set special conditions for Turkey when it decides on Wednesday whether to recommend opening membership talks with Ankara, the commission president, Romano Prodi, said on Tuesday.
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday he backed the Islamist-rooted government's proposal to lift a ban on the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in universities, a move opposed by the secular elite.
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Turkish officials decide not to allow the publication of private diaries of the ex-wife of the country's founding father.
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President Toomas Hendrik Ilves vetoed legislation Thursday calling for the removal of a Soviet war memorial from the capital, saying the measure violated the constitution.
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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Turkey will say no to the European Union if the bloc imposes unacceptable conditions on starting membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey  - The speaker of Turkey's parliament on Friday called an emergency session to pass legal reforms meant to help the country's chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.
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Turkey's parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government's proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings from the European Union that delays could hurt Turkey's chances of membership.
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Turkey&#39;s leaders distanced themselves from a proposal to outlaw adultery after the opposition came out against it and western governments made clear enacting the law would
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There is a chorus of approval in Turkey's papers that its bid to join the EU is back on course after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan backed down over banning adultery.
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Turkish MPs defy the president by reaffirming their support for constitutional reforms, amid tensions over Islam.
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The Turkish president overrules a referendum plan on whether the people should directly elect his successor.
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Turkey votes on Sunday in a parliamentary election pitting the ruling Islamist-rooted AK Party against nationalists who disagree strongly over the future path of the secular Muslim country.