EU to Open Talks With Turkey on Membership
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European Union leaders agreed Thursday to open negotiations with Turkey next year on eventual EU membership, but the Turkish premier said more talks were needed &#151; presumably over the divided island of Cyprus &#151; before he could accept the offer.
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European Union leaders have agreed to start talks on Turkey&#39;s membership in the bloc in October of 2005, but they will ask Turkey to recognize the ethnic Greek government of Cyprus before negotiations begin.
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Turkey won a provisional green light from the European Commission on Wednesday to open membership negotiations with the European Union, a watershed decision after 40 years of on-again, off-again talks.
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Turkey took a significant step Wednesday toward its long-cherished goal of joining the European Union when the E.U.'s executive branch proposed opening formal negotiations over membership for the predominately Muslim nation.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union leaders are expected to approve opening talks with Turkey on its wish to join the EU during a two-day summit opening Thursday, but they will likely impose stiff conditions on Ankara.
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The moment of truth was approaching for Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union, EU enlargement chief Guenter Verheugen said Monday, as European leaders prepare to decide whether to open membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.
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Turkey moved closer to winning a date for the start of European Union entry negotiations after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to heal Turkey&#39;s diplomatic standoff with new EU member Cyprus.
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The European Commission's report on Turkey next week will recommend that the European Union open accession negotiations with Ankara, the German daily Bild said Sunday, quoting sources at the EU executive.
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As expected, the European Commission&#39;s report on Turkey has recommended that EU membership negotiations with this country should start.
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Turkey's PM Erdogan visits Brussels to put his case for Turkey to start formal talks on joining the EU.
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EU foreign ministers met on Monday to  make final preparations for a landmark decision later this week  to open entry talks with Turkey amid renewed evidence of strong  opposition to Turkish membership in key EU countries.
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Turkey won a green light from the  European Commission on Wednesday to open membership  negotiations with the European Union, a watershed decision  after 40 years of on-again, off-again talks.
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Turkey has said it is &quot;disappointed&quot; at the conditions set out by the EU for opening accession talks. EU leaders have offered to begin membership talks with Turkey next year, with 3 October given as a start date.
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European Union leaders are expected to approve opening talks with Turkey on its wish to join the EU during a two-day summit opening Thursday, but they will likely impose stiff conditions on Ankara.
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The European Commission is set to announce that Turkey is ready to begin negotiations on joining the EU.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been holding talks in Brussels ahead of a key European Union summit on Turkey&#39;s bid to join the EU.
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The European Commission's report on  Turkey next week will recommend that the European Union open  accession negotiations with Ankara, the German daily Bild said  Sunday, quoting sources at the EU executive.