Turkish Opposition to Recall Parliament on Penal Code
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Turkey&#39;s main opposition party will recall parliament from its summer recess on Sept. 28 to consider a revamped penal code that the European Union has linked to the start of accession talks, said Deniz Baykal, the party&#39;s leader.
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ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's government backed off its plan to outlaw adultery after criticism within the European Union, strident protests from opposition politicians and a march on parliament Tuesday by hundreds of outraged Turkish women.    Government leaders had proposed an adultery ban as part of a major overhaul of the mostly Muslim country's 78-year-old penal code, which comes as the 25 EU states prepare to decide by end of the year whether to begin talks on Turkey's appeal for membership...
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Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Turkey&#39;s capital Tuesday to protest proposed legislation to make adultery a crime. A crowd of about 500, mostly women, marched from Ankara&#39;s central square to parliament
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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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The country's leading secular opposition party has vowed to appeal this weekend's decision to lift a head-scarf ban to Turkey's top court.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government&#39;s proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings from the European Union that delays could hurt Turkey&#39;s chances of membership.
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The Turkish parliament will meet in extraordinary session on Sunday to debate a delayed penal code reform which is key to Ankara&#39;s prospects of joining the EU, State Minister Mehmet Aydin said Thursday.
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Turkey&#39;s government suspended plans to pass the nation&#39;s new penal code through parliament in a possible setback to its bid to start membership talks with the European Union, Turkish lawmakers said.
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A bid to radically lift the number of women elected to Turkey's parliament, which has one of the lowest levels of female representation in the world, looks set to fail this Sunday.
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Turkey has denounced as &quot;unfair&quot; a European Union decision to slow down its troubled accession talks, but pledged to stick to the path of reform to catch up with EU standards.
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On one hand there is the European Union, demanding Turkey reform its criminal code. On the other, a powerful group of conservative Muslims who insist such changes should include criminalizing adultery.
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Lawmakers from Turkey&#39;s ruling and opposition parties traded blows Monday during a stormy parliamentary debate on constitutional changes that would see the president elected by popular vote.
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BRUSSELS - The European Union cannot start entry negotiations with Turkey unless Ankara adopts a reform of its penal code, a European Commission spokesman said on Monday.
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Turkey&#39;s main opposition Republican People&#39;s Party (CHP) called for the Turkish Parliament (TBMM) to convene for an emergency meeting on Septembers 28th to ready the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) by October 6th.
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Turks voted for a new parliament on Sunday, faced with a choice between the ruling AK Party's pro-business, religiously conservative policies and nationalist rivals keen to keep Islam out of politics.
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Turkey is preparing to amend a  controversial law on freedom of speech that has been criticized  repeatedly by the European Union and could slow EU accession  talks with Brussels.
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Supporters of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko lost a round to their foes in parliament Saturday, when pro-government lawmakers helped block legal changes intended to prevent fraud in the Dec.