Verheugen Warns Turkey on Adultery Law
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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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ISTANBUL, Turkey  - 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 two main parties signalled yesterday that the government may drop a proposed law against adultery. Several EU foreign ministers have said that the proposal to punish cheating spouses as part of amendments
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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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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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Turkey's foreign minister warned Monday that a federal system in Iraq that could lead to autonomous Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish regions could break up the country and threaten the stability of the region.
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The opposition in Turkey says the government has reversed plans to criminalise adultery.
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EU Expansion Commissioner Gunther Verheugen said he is ready to recommend Europe start membership negotiation with Turkey. &quot;We have been able to find solutions for the remaining outstanding problems,&quot; Verheugen
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There was the possibility that there could be an increase in violence from radical Islamists should the EU does not accept Turkey into the block, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
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Turkey&#39;s government will probably drop a plan to make adultery punishable by jail, a step that threatened to damage its bid to start membership talks with the European Union, lawmakers at the country&#39;s parliament said.
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Adultery, kissing in public and cohabiting without being married could become crimes in  Indonesia.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet with European Union officials in Brussels on Thursday amid tensions with the bloc over his government's plan to make adultery a crime.
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BRUSSELS The European Union gave clear warning to Turkey on Friday to keep up progress on human rights ahead of a key decision on EU membership negotiations, but Turkey replied by warning Brussels against meddling in its affairs.
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Bickering within Turkey&#39;s ruling party on whether adultery is a crime or not brought Ankara and the EU to the brink of crisis Friday, with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan sharply telling the European body not to meddle in his country&#39;s domestic affairs
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Erdogan pledged to overhaul Turkeyâs criminal-justice system by an Oct. 6 EU deadline and scrap a plan to criminalize extramarital affairs that the EU said would violate European standards of equality between the sexes and civil liberties.
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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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Turkey&#39;s governing party has shelved a proposal to make adultery a crime after protests from women&#39;s groups and warnings from the European Union that such a law could