Turkish parliament debates legal 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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The Turkish parliament meets in extraordinary session Tuesday to push through a massive series of amendments to the country&#39;s fascist-inspired penal code, but the effort aimed at easing Ankara&#39;s EU entry bid could backfire because of a clause making
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Turkish voters elect a new parliament on Sunday in a poll that has sparked tensions between the ruling AKP and secularists. How will you vote?
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Lawmakers voted early Thursday to approve a constitutional amendment allowing female students to enter universities wearing Islamic head scarves Â a move some Turks see as a threat to the traditional separation of church and state.
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On one hand there is the European Union, demanding Turkey reform its criminal code. On the other, a powerful group of conservative Muslims who insist such changes should include criminalizing adultery.
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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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Some of those accused of Âinsulting TurkishnessÂ say the law is forcing a national debate about what it means to be a democracy.
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Turkey&#39;s bid for EU membership talks passed a crucial test yesterday when the parliament in Ankara backed legal changes to underpin the country&#39;s reform programme.
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Chicago Tribune - A proposal to again criminalize adultery, inserted at the last minute in a reform package designed to bring Turkish law in line with European Union standards, may wind up hurting Turkey's chances of joining the EU.
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Turkish MPs back a blanket ban on smoking in enclosed public places - but it may prove tough to enforce.
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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's re-elected leader says he will continue reforms, but vows to respect the country's secular tradition.
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Turkey's parliament on Saturday approved the first of two constitutional amendments that would lift a decades-old ban on Islamic head scarves in universities despite the fierce opposition of the secular establishment.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament is meeting Sunday in an emergency session scheduled to amend the country&#39;s penal code. The criminal law reform is a condition set by the European Union for launching formal talks on Turkey&#39;s application for EU membership.
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ANKARA, Turkey Sept. 18, 2004 - Turkey&#39;s parliament adjourned Saturday without passing a key reform package because of divisions over the government&#39;s proposal to make adultery a crime, bringing warnings
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Parliament voted overwhelmingly Sunday to approve penal code reforms aimed at boosting Turkey's chances of starting membership talks with the European Union.
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Turkey&#39;s parliament last night bowed to European Union demands and passed a liberalising penal code which should open the way to talks with Ankara on EU membership.