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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ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey&#39;s Islamic-rooted ruling party was planning to introduce a proposal to criminalize adultery despite earlier statements that the controversial measure had been shelved, Turkish media reported Thursday.
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More than 100,000 Turks took to the streets on Saturday to protest against government plans to lift an Islamic headscarf ban at universities and to defend the country's strong secular tradition.
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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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The Turkish Parliament on Sunday approved a revision of the country&#39;s penal code, after the government dropped a proposal to criminalize adultery.
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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.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed to Brussels Wednesday to assure the European Union that Turkey is committed to pro-EU reforms after his party shelved a key reform package amid hard-liners' demands that it include a proposal to outlaw adultery.
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Thousands of Muslims protest in Istanbul against Pope Benedict XVI's forthcoming visit to Turkey.
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About 40 members of a Turkish nationalist party occupied one of Istanbul's most famous buildings, the Haghia Sophia, on Wednesday to protest the visit next week of Pope Benedict XVI, police said.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government&#39;s proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings from the European Union that delays could hurt Turkey&#39;s chances of membership.
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Turkish women's groups attack a plan to criminalise adultery, saying it will not be applied equally to both sexes.
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Turkey's ruling party confirmed on Wednesday it had shelved plans to outlaw adultery that had infuriated women's rights groups and upset the European Union Ankara aspires to join.
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Turkey&#39;s Islamic-rooted ruling party will press ahead with its plan to criminalize adultery, despite earlier statements that the controversial measure had been shelved, a party member said Thursday.
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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.
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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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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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