Turkish leader vetoes election amendment
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Turkey's president on Friday vetoed a newly passed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the people &#151; and not Parliament &#151; to elect the new president.
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The Turkish president urges people to vote in Sunday's referendum on constitutional amendment.
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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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Turkey's foreign minister failed to get enough votes to be elected president in a second round of parliamentary voting Friday, but he is expected to win next week in another ballot that only requires a simple majority.
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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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Turkish MPs defy the president by renewing support for constitutional reforms, amid tensions over Islam.
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ANKARA -- Turkey's top court yesterday unexpectedly backed the Islamist-rooted government's plans to hold a referendum on constitutional changes that would allow voters instead of parliament to elect presidents.
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Iran's conservative-dominated parliament votes to give itself a veto over foreign deals struck by reformist President Mohammad Khatami.
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The head of Turkey's highest judicial body says comments made by Recep Tayyip Erdogan appear to question the impartiality of the court.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey  - The Turkish prime minister harshly rejected European Union criticism Friday over a proposal to outlaw adultery and hinted the government might press forward with the ban despite warnings it could jeopardize Turkey's entry into the bloc.
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On the eve of a devout Muslim's expected accession to the country's presidency, Turkey's resolutely secular military leadership issued a sharp warning yesterday against any attempt to erode the constitutional separation of religion and state.
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The top court in the Netherlands on Friday blocked the extradition to Turkey of a leader of the rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Nusriye Kesbir.
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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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ANKARA, Turkey - Parliament voted overwhelmingly Sunday to approve penal code reforms aimed at boosting Turkey's chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.    The special session came just days after Turkish leaders shelved an effort by government lawmakers to criminalize adultery, a demand that had upset EU officials and Turkish women's groups and human rights activists...
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The Turkish prime minister harshly rejected European Union criticism Friday over a proposal to outlaw adultery and hinted the government might press forward with the ban despite warnings it could jeopardize Turkey's entry into the bloc.
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Turkey&#39;s governing party has shelved a proposal to make adultery a crime after protests from women&#39;s groups and warnings from the European Union that such a law could
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The Turkish parliament meets in extraordinary session Tuesday to push through a massive series of amendments to the country&#39;s fascist-inspired penal code, but the effort aimed at easing Ankara&#39;s EU entry bid could backfire because of a clause making