Turkish women protest proposal to make adultery a crime
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ANKARA - Hundreds of women marched through Ankara on Tuesday to protest against the government&#39;s attempts to make adultery a criminal offence.
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Amid protests from womenâs groups and warnings from the EU, Turkeyâs government agreed to measures that would appear to scuttle its plans to introduce legislation making adultery a crime.
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VAN, Turkey After suffering a wave of criticism from European Union officials, women&#39;s groups, newspaper columnists and finally from its own members, Turkey&#39;s governing party abandoned a proposal on Tuesday to criminalize adultery.
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A row over adultery has thrown light onto the darker corners of the relationship between Turkey and the EU, says the BBC's Jonny Dymond.
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Crowds have begun converging in central Istanbul for a demonstration called by a small Islamist party against the visit to Turkey by Pope Benedict XVI, which starts on Tuesday.
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Turkish women are on the street protesting as never before as the fight to preserve Turkey's secular status gives them a louder political voice that could translate into parliamentary seats in this summer's elections.
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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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Pakistan's Senate on Thursday approved amendments to a controversial rape law amid protests by hard-line Muslim lawmakers who claim the legislation violates Islam.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has defended plans to outlaw adultery that have outraged women&#39;s groups and raised eyebrows in the European Union, which Turkey aspires to join.
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Turkish police on Friday appealed for restraint at planned protests against Pope Benedict's visit to the Muslim country next week, saying they could harm Turkey's image.
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EU Commissioner GÃ¼nther Verheugen warned Turkey that proposals to revamp the Turkish penal code, which would include the return of punishment for adultery, should not divert the country from its path to EU membership.
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For weeks Turkey has been talking frenziedly about adultery. It&#39;s nothing to do with the country&#39;s sexual habits. There&#39;s been nothing to indicate an upsurge in infidelity.
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The row over a proposal to outlaw adultery in Turkey has shone the spotlight on the state of women's rights in the Muslim country.
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Thousands of secular Turks rallied on  Saturday against a plan by the government to allow women  students to wear the Muslim headscarf at university, a move  they say will usher in a stricter form of Islam in Turkey.
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Thousands rally in Ankara to protest against a plan to allow women to wear the Islamic headscarf in universities.
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A recent murder indicates a backlash by some against women as their rights and opportunities increase.
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A writer went on trial Thursday on charges of insulting the founder of modern Turkey in a biography about the revered late leader's wife, amid growing calls from the European Union to change repressive laws curbing freedom of expression.