The Turkish Question
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Yesterday, in one of its boldest moves, the European Commission agreed to begin talks on admitting Turkey to the EU. But fears run deep of a country of 70 million straddling Europe and Asia.
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Brussels is set to give Ankara the go-ahead this week to begin EU accession talks, but with strong reservations. The European Commission&#39;s assessment of Turkey- due to be unveiled on Wednesday - is expected
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Turkey's leader, a devout Muslim, talks a lot about morality these days. It's language that alarms secular Turks, who fear the government plans to make religion a part of their lives.
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The European Union has a rendezvous with history this week. Turkey will be invited to begin talks over the course of next year that will probably lead to its membership in the European Union within about 15 years.
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A furor in Turkey ignited by the title of a Christian spiritual leader on a U.S. embassy invitation has underscored concerns about the largely Muslim country's treatment of minorities two weeks before the European Union decides whether to open membership talks with Ankara.
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An impoverished backwater that will drain the EU's resources and flood its labor markets with unskilled jobseekers? Or a dynamic economy whose youthful population will help offset a looming pensions crisis? The economic case for Turkish membership of the European Union is anything but clear cut.
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Il ministro degli esteri francese, Michel Barnier, ha chiesto che la questione del genocidio degli armeni avvenuto tra il 1915 e il 1923 sia discussa nei negoziati di adesione della Turchia all&#39;Unione europea.
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Any final agreement brokered on the Cyprus issue should be voted on in a referendum, the Prime Minister said. Turkey is to commit itself to finding a solution to the dispute on Cyprus, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Friday.
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Christian pastor Behnan Konutgan knows a little about religious tolerance in Turkey.
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TDN- Erdogan stressed in his post `yes` remarks that Turkey and the EU were now in the same team, not adversaries. We hope that will be the conviction of EU leaders, particularly when they meet on Dec.
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While an exhibition in Istanbul devoted to the daily life of the Armenians in Anatolia at the start of the 20th century is breaking attendance records, Turkish society is beginning to reflect on the Armenian question, erased from official history for the past 90 years.
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Is Turkey ready to officially become part of Europe? The world will know the answer in another 10 years. A decade may sound a long time, but the ball is finally rolling on Turkey&#39;s European Union membership after 40 years of wavering talks.
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At a summit this week, European Union leaders must decide when and how to begin membership talks with Turkey. That the summit will approve opening entry talks with Ankara is a forgone conclusion.
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The start of Turkey&#39;s negotiations to enter the European Union now rests on one question: will it recognize Cyprus? European leaders insist it will, but messages from Ankara remain muted.
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Access to YouTube from within Turkey was blocked Wednesday after prosecutors pointed out videos insulting the founder of the modern version of the country were appearing on the site. The videos in question were the result of an online battle between Turkish and Greek users of YouTube.
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Benedict XVI wants to help restore Istanbul as the global center of  Orthodox Christianity. But the Turkish authorities worry what that  could mean for their country's secular identity
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Sir, If the Turkish attitude towards Cyprus is to be so key to its European Union entry talks, should not some thought now be given to the fact that the Cypriot Republic is a totally artificial construct?