Debate On Turkey&#39;s Prospects Dominates Run-Up To Summit
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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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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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Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was confident Thursday that Turkey could cope with the stringent conditions imposed by an EU report on his country&#39;s membership bid in the bloc, as the media celebrated a &quot;historic&quot; turning point in the nation&#39;s 40-year
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ANKARA The thorniest aspect of Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union may turn out to be the one nobody talks about - the political power wielded by Turkey&#39;s huge army.
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Turkey is on course to get a date to start open-ended negotiations on European Union membership as final elements of a compromise package came together on the eve of a landmark EU summit.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium   Divisions over how to fight global warming threatened to overshadow Thursday's summit meeting aimed at making the European Union the world leader in the battle against climate change.Comment
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On the eve of a landmark summit at which EU leaders will decide on opening membership talks with Turkey, the final elements of a compromise package on the terms for the negotiations was emerging.
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Turkey and Iraq try to iron out reported differences over a deal to allow Turkish troops to chase Kurdish rebels in Iraq.
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President Jacques Chirac and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will discuss Turkey&#39;s EU membership bid on Tuesday as strong advocates of entry talks, but analysts say questions remain on their stance due to domestic opposition.
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The EU Commission is likely to give the go-ahead Wednesday for opening talks with Ankara about its membership bid. But it won&#39;t silence the controversial debate over whether Turkey belongs in the EU in the first place.
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Turkey&#39;s bid to join the European Union has won a boost when a key European Parliament committee rejected calls to offer Ankara anything less than full membership.
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The country faces some tough conditions on the economy and human rights before membership is granted. ANKARA -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan returned home from a European Union summit yesterday
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That centuries-old riddle will be asked again Thursday, when Turkey is expected to take a big step in its troubled quest to join the European Union.
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On the eve of a landmark summit at  which EU leaders will decide on opening membership talks with  Turkey, the final elements of a compromise package on the terms  for the negotiations was emerging.
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In public, discussions by journalists and politicians over Turkey&#39;s possible membership in the EU are matter of fact and objective.
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With a couple of objections, daily newspapers all across Europe heralded Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan&#39;s meeting with European Union (EU) Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen in Brussels on September 23rd with headlines of support and
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While it appeared that EU leaders were positive towards Turkey and its membership bid, Erdogan said that problems still remained, just one day before the blocâs leaders are to discuss setting a date for accession talks to begin.