Turkey says it will try talks before striking PKK
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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkey said on Monday it would exhaust diplomatic channels before launching any military strike into northern Iraq to root out Kurdish rebels, who killed at least a dozen Turkish soldiers in fighting over the weekend.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan indicated Thursday that he expects to reach a compromise with the EU on the vexed issue of Cyprus before the end of a two-day Brussels summit.
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Intensive talks aim to end a stalemate over an EU demand that Turkey recognise Cyprus before accession.
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Turkey said on Monday it would seek  changes in the European Commission's report on its candidacy  before EU leaders meet to debate it at a summit on Dec. 17 and  decide whether to open entry talks with Ankara.
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Turkey's General Staff vowed on Friday to respond as it saw fit to attacks by Kurdish militants amid heightened speculation it may launch a major incursion into Northern Iraq to crush rebels hiding there.
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Turkey expects the United States to take  urgent action against Kurdish rebels hiding in northern Iraq,  its prime minister said, in comments suggesting Ankara hopes to  avoid a Turkish military operation in the region.
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Turkey signaled on Tuesday it might say "no" to European Union entry talks if the bloc imposed too many conditions and also insisted it would not recognize EU member Cyprus even indirectly without a final peace ...
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Iraq today said it would send a military delegation to Turkey to discuss settling a dispute with a Kurdish separatist group.
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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Turkey said on Monday it will exhaust diplomatic channels before launching any military strike into northern Iraq to root out Kurdish rebels, who killed at least a dozen Turkish soldiers in fighting over the weekend.
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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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A delegation of senior Iraqi officials is holding high-level talks with the Turkish government in Ankara today to try to avert an incursion by Turkeyâs military into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas.
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A high-level Iraqi delegation held talks with Turkish officials Friday to try to defuse tensions over Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq.
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Turkey was on course on Wednesday to get a date to start open-ended negotiations on European Union membership as final elements of a compromise package came together on the eve of a landmark EU summit.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Brussels to make a final pitch before next week&#39;s EU summit for the 25-nation bloc to set a date for his country to begin membership talks.
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Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, facing pressure on security issues ahead of elections, will send his foreign minister to Washington next week to lobby for a crackdown on Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
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Iraq will help Turkey crack down on separatist Kurdish guerrillas in the north of the country, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Tuesday after talks with his Turkish counterpart.
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Turkey&#39;s moment of truth is fast approaching. On Oct. 6, the European Commission is due to publish its report on whether Turkey is ready to start negotiations for membership of the European Union.