Turkey Must Increase Kurds&#39; Rights -Verheugen
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Turkey must go further in improving its Kurdish minority&#39;s cultural rights, EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Tuesday.
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French President Jacques Chirac wants to change his country&#39;s constitution to allow for a referendum on Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union.
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Turkey has made a start on improving cultural rights for its Kurdish minority under EU-oriented reforms, but must go further, European Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Tuesday.
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The head of Germany&#39;s opposition conservatives has urged politically like-minded European Union leaders to deny Turkey full membership of the bloc.
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Turkey's prime minister on Tuesday urged one of Iraq's two vice presidents to delay a referendum on the future of Kirkuk, fearing Iraqi Kurdish groups could seize control of the northern, oil-rich city.
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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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Turkeyâs prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, asked for help in the struggle against Kurdish separatists in Iraq.
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The chief of Turkey's powerful military General Staff accused Kurdish authorities in northern Iraq of actively backing Turkish Kurd rebels there and said Ankara must take action, a state news agency said on Saturday.
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Turkish Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul on Monday called on influential circles in Iraq to stop violence against Turkish citizens.
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Turkey says Iraqi proposals to deal with Kurdish rebels will take too long to work and more urgent action is needed.
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Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan urges his PKK followers to observe a new ceasefire.
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Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls for lifting a ban on headscarves at state universities.
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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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Turkey must go further in improving its Kurdish minority's cultural rights, EU Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen said on Tuesday.
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EU enlargement chief Guenther Verheugen said Monday the moment of truth was coming for Turkey as European Union leaders prepare to decide whether to open membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.
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Turkey is preparing to amend a  controversial law on freedom of speech that has been criticized  repeatedly by the European Union and could slow EU accession  talks with Brussels.