Turkey opens &quot;window of opportunity&quot; with reform: OECD
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PARIS  - Turkey has opened up a window of opportunity with market reforms since a deep crisis four years ago and progress over EU membership would give a big boost, the OECD said in a report.
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The European Parliament has called the EU to open membership talks with Turkey &quot;without undue delay,&quot; and told Ankara to carry out more democratic reforms.
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Turkey won a green light from the  European Commission on Wednesday to open membership  negotiations with the European Union, a watershed decision  after 40 years of on-again, off-again talks.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Friday to draft a new, liberal constitution and focus on reforms to strengthen both the economy and Ankara&#39;s bid to join the European Union.
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The moment of truth was approaching for Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union, EU enlargement chief Guenter Verheugen said Monday, as European leaders prepare to decide whether to open membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.
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The European Union official in charge of enlargement says the EU decision on membership talks with Turkey will take into account that country&#39;s progress in implementing reforms.
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ANKARA - Turkey&#39;s parliament met Sunday to consider reforms that would bring some of the country&#39;s criminal laws up to European Union standards.
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Turkey faces a &quot;train crash&quot; in its relations with the European Union if it fails to step up democratic reforms and resolve a trade row with Cyprus, EU enlargement chief Olli Rehn said here.
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After meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyp Erdogan Thursday morning, EU Expansion Commissioner GÃ¼nther Verheugen is ready to recommend Europe start membership negotiation with Turkey.
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Turkey will pursue reforms to align itself with European Union norms despite a partial freeze of its membership talks, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has said, describing the EU sanction as only a temporary setback to the country's European aspirations.
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The European Union's head office opened a meeting Wednesday at which it was likely to recommend that Turkey begin EU membership talks with one key proviso: that negotiations be halted if Ankara backtracks on sweeping democratic and human rights reforms.
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Turkey Thursday gained in Paris the support of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) for its bid for the European Union (EU).
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ISTANBUL -- The European Union's decision to start membership talks with Turkey gives the Muslim country a new position in Europe and the Islamic world, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said yesterday.
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The European Union opened negotiations with Turkey on two more reform areas on Wednesday as part of Ankara's bid to join the bloc.
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The speaker of Turkey's parliament on Friday called an emergency session to pass legal reforms meant to help the country's chances of starting membership talks with 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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Turkey won a provisional green light from the European Commission on Wednesday to open membership negotiations with the European Union, a watershed decision after 40 years of on-again, off-again talks.