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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BRUSSELS Turkey faced stiff calls on Monday to abandon a proposed law outlawing adultery in order to keep its campaign to join the European Union on track.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has defended plans to outlaw adultery that have outraged women's groups and raised eyebrows in the European Union, which Turkey aspires to join.
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Thousands of flag-waving protesters filled streets in yet another city in Turkey on Saturday, accusing the government of trying to impose Islamic values on the country's Western way of life.
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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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Pakistani women's activists deplored   on Tuesday a government decision to give in to religious   conservatives opposed to the amendment of Islamic laws dealing   with rape and adultery.
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Turkey's parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government's proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings from the European Union that delays could hurt Turkey's chances of membership.
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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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Turkey&#39;s parliament is debating reforms to the country&#39;s penal code which would include making adultery a crime. The controversial proposal is part of sweeping changes to Turkey&#39;s laws intended to bring them
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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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Turkey yesterday shelved plans to criminalise adultery which were threatening the country&#39;s prospects of joining the European Union.
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Thousands of secular Turks rallied on Saturday against a plan by the government to allow women students to wear the Muslim headscarf at university, a move they say will usher in a stricter form of Islam in Turkey.
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Facing a popular outcry at home and stern warnings from Europe, the Turkish government discreetly stepped back Tuesday from a plan to introduce a motion into a crucial penal reform bill to make adultery a crime punishable by prison.
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Thousands of Muslims protest in Istanbul against Pope Benedict XVI's forthcoming visit to Turkey.
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Turkish newspapers on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan for creating a crisis with Brussels with by insisting on the inclusion of a clause criminalizing adultery into a penal code reform bill vital to Turkey&#39;s EU bid.
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Turkey&#39;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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Hundreds of demonstrators marched in Turkey&#39;s capital Tuesday to protest proposed legislation to make adultery a crime. A crowd of about 500, mostly women, marched from Ankara&#39;s central square to parliament