Turkish Leader Calls for EU Membership Talks
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Brussels to make a final pitch before next week&#39;s EU summit for the 25-nation bloc to set a date for his country to begin membership talks.
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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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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan urged the European Union on Thursday to open its doors to non-Christians after French President Jacques Chirac made a vibrant appeal to bring Turkey into the EU.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 15  - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Brussels late Wednesday ahead of an EU summit widely expected to give Ankara a green light to start membership negotiations with the bloc.
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TURKEY must do more to overcome popular hostility in the West, it was told yesterday, as Europeâs leaders met to take the historic decision to open talks on its membership of the European Union in October next year.
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Turkish leader Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a broadside at those EU countries contemplating a referendum on the issue of Turkey's future membership of the European Union.
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The European Parliament yesterday called for EU membership talks with Turkey as soon as possible, paving the way for heads of government to make an historic offer to Ankara at a meeting tonight.
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After meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyp Erdogan Thursday morning, EU Expansion Commissioner GÃ¼nther Verheugen is ready to recommend Europe start membership negotiation with Turkey.
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Turkey expects its troubled European Union membership talks to move forward before the end of the year with the opening of some policy chapters in negotiations, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said on Tuesday.
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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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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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ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey&#39;s prime minister has lashed out at the European Union and said it &quot;should not become involved in Turkey&#39;s internal affairs.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - European Union leaders agreed to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership but Turkey's prime minister said more talks are needed before his government could decide whether to accept the offer.
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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 to approve them despite misgivings by many EU voters.
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Amid soaring market optimism, Turkish  Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told his cheering party faithful  on Tuesday the European Union would agree this week to open  long-delayed entry talks with the populous Muslim country.
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Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos said he had invited Turkey for talks over contentious issues that he has hinted could lead to a Cypriot veto of Ankara's EU membership bid.
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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.