Turkish reception offers political clues
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Turkey's new president, a devout Muslim, held his first palace receptions last week and observers noted two seemingly trivial details: Alcohol was served, and the leader's wife and top military generals didn't show up.
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Turks broadly support a strike into Iraq, but that could play into the hands of the PKK.
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Turkish leaders lent extra weight Thursday to their threat of a military incursion against Kurdish separatists holed up in northern Iraq, as an Iraqi delegation arrived in Ankara for crisis talks.
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Turkey's prime minister has promised to promote national unity and fight terrorism after his ruling Islamist party comfortably won parliamentary elections. But the AKP's Islamic roots and its appeal to religious supporters have unnerved many in the officially secular nation.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan celebrated on Monday a decisive poll victory but now faces challenges over delayed presidential elections, Kurdish separatist violence and Ankara's troubled EU bid.
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Newspapers in Turkey express measured satisfaction with the EU's decision to begin accession talks
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PARIS: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview published on Thursday that he is looking to President Jacques Chirac to reassure Ankara over Franceâs backing for its bid to join the European Union.
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The European Commission is expected later this week to recommend EU membership talks with Turkey. Meanwhile, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan are anticipating a &quot;positive report.
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In elections this Sunday, liberal Turks may turn their backs on the secular elite that they have long supported.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan  celebrated on Monday a decisive poll victory but now faces  challenges over delayed presidential elections, Kurdish  separatist violence and Ankara&#39;s troubled EU bid.
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Turkey's Alevi Muslims have been branded "pagans" for their musical ceremonies and liberal customs but Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan is seeking their votes as his party reaches out beyond its devout Sunni Muslim base.
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Turkey's leader, a devout Muslim, talks a lot about morality these days. It's language that alarms secular Turks, who fear the government plans to make religion a part of their lives.
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The country faces some tough conditions on the economy and human rights before membership is granted. ANKARA -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned home from a European Union summit yesterday
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey&#39;s prime minister, has been travelling so much recently that most Turks have to turn on their television to find out where he is.
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A green light to Turkey to begin EU membership talks receives a cool reception from Europe's press on Thursday. While in Russia, fare-dodgers are in for a surprise.
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Ankara can not understand French fears over Turkeyâs bid to enter the EU, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told a newspaper. Opposition to Turkey is running high in France and among the Paris political elite - fears Erdogan does not comprehend.
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Turkey's ruling AK Party on Monday celebrated its decisive victory in a parliamentary election, but strong nationalist gains dented its majority and could hamper reforms crucial to its European Union bid.