Parliament Vote Calls for EU and Turkey Talks
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The European Parliament today called on European Union leaders to open membership talks with Turkey âwithout undue delay,â and urged Ankara to carry out more democratic reforms and moves toward recognising Cyprus.
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TURKEY must do more to overcome popular hostility in the West, it was told yesterday, as Europeâs leaders met to take the historic decision to open talks on its membership of the European Union in October next year.
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As the European Commission prepares to give its verdict on whether Turkey is ready to start talks about joining the EU, herewith key questions and answers in the debate about its membership.
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BRUSSELS - &#39;&#39;We welcome recommendation of the European Commission. Entry talks with Turkey should start as soon as possible,&#39;&#39; said Joost Lagendijk, the co-chairman of the Turkish Parliament-European Parliament (EP) Joint Parliamentary Commission.
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Turkish MPs meet to vote on controversial plans to allow girls to wear the Islamic headscarf in universities.
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The European Commission president urged Turkey on Thursday to &quot;go the extra mile&quot; to show Europeans it is ready for EU membership talks as the bloc prepared to approve them despite misgivings by many EU voters.
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Leaders of European Union (EU) member states decide on Turkeyâs negotiation process today. The bargaining process continued into the night yesterday and will expectedly continue up to the last minute.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan urged the European Union on Thursday to open its doors to non-Christians after French President Jacques Chirac made a vibrant appeal to bring Turkey into the EU.
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With the Turkish prime minister lobbying to the last minute, European Union leaders Thursday night reached a historic decision to open membership talks with Turkey late next year.
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TURKEYâS parliament met in emergency session yesterday to approve an urgent package of reforms expected to boost the countryâs chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.
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The French parliament is to debate Turkey's wish to join the EU, an increasingly divisive issue in France.
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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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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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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 ...
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EU leaders meet must decide whether to freeze the entry bid of an increasingly self-confident Turkey.
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BRUSSELS/ANKARA: The European Union and Turkey played down last-minute fears on Tuesday on the eve of a landmark European Commission decision to recommend opening membership talks with Ankara.
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Turkey should strengthen human rights, curb corruption and limit the army&#39;s role in politics to win European Union membership, the European Parliament said in endorsing the opening of