Turkey 'disappointed' by EU talks
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Turkey says tough EU demands on opening accession talks may make reaching agreement hard.
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ANKARA, Dec 15  - Turkey will reject an invitation to start accession talks with the European Union if it is offered a status less than full membership, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was quoted as saying by one of his aides.
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Chicago Tribune - European Union leaders decided Thursday to open negotiations with Turkey next year on EU membership, but the road to acceptance will be bumpy.
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Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the European Union on Friday not to meddle in Turkey&#39;s domestic affairs after an EU Commission spokesman expressed concern over a delay in key penal code reforms.
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ANKARA: Turkish foreign minister Abdullah Gul said yesterday Ankara would not recognise Europe Union member Cyprus &quot;directly or indirectly&quot; while there was no final agreement on reuniting the Mediterranean island.
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The European Commission dealt a blow to Turkey's EU membership ambitions, recommending a partial freezing of the talks process over Ankara's hardline stance on Cyprus.
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After more than 40 years at Europe&#39;s doorstep, Turkey Tuesday eagerly awaited the European Commission&#39;s green light to begin membership talks with the European Union -- but with some strings attached.
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The European Commission says talks on Turkey&#39;s possible membership in the European Union cannot start unless Ankara reforms its penal code.
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EU nations rejected a &quot;vague&quot; Turkish offer to ease a trade dispute with Cyprus and thereby stop the European Union discussing a partial freeze of Turkey's membership talks, officials said.
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ANKARA, Dec 20  - Membership talks between Turkey and the European Union are expected effectively to begin early in 2006 and not on October 3 next year as announced Friday after the EU summit in Brussels, a Turkish official said Monday.
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The European Union (EU) should not link any more conditions to starting accession negotiations with Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Wednesday.
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The European Commission looks set to advise that Turkey's EU membership talks be partly suspended.
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ANKARA/BRUSSELS  - Turkey signaled growing unease  on Monday that the European Union wants to impose special  conditions on its drive to join the wealthy bloc and insisted  it must be treated in the same way as any other candidate  country.
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Nobel literature laureate Orhan Pamuk said Wednesday he felt "sad" about the current state of relations between the European Union and his native Turkey.Comment
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European Union foreign ministers decided Monday to freeze parts of entry talks with Turkey on Monday over Ankara's refusal to open its ports to trade with EU member Cyprus.
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European Union foreign ministers were battling to forge a deal on slowing down Turkey's EU membership talks over Ankara's failure to respect its trade obligations to Cyprus.
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Turkey has said it is &quot;disappointed&quot; at the conditions set out by the EU for opening accession talks. EU leaders have offered to begin membership talks with Turkey next year, with 3 October given as a start date.