Turkey prepares for marathon reform
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Polling was suspended 10 days ago in a row over whether to include a bill to criminalise adultery. After a week of wobble when Turkey&#39;s European ambitions appeared to have stalled, the end of the country&#39;s marathon reform process is in sight.
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Gete Wami of Ethiopia is running the Berlin Marathon on Sept. 30, then the New York City Marathon five weeks later. Such a turnaround is mostly unheard of in distance running.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, with a fresh election triumph under his belt, said he would press on with reforms to turn his secular, Muslim country into a modern democracy on a par with its European neighbors.
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After a year of political upheaval, 2008 will test Turkey's ability to reform, writes the BBC's Sarah Rainsford.
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Motorsport's governing body, the FIA, is set to investigate the prize-giving ceremony at Sunday's Turkish GP.
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LONDON (Ticker) - A new route for a London marathon is expected to be unveiled later this week, when details of the city&#39;s bid for the 2012 Olympics are announced.
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Three political parties are set to win seats in Turkey's new parliament, Turkish FOX television channel reported on Sunday as votes were being counted.
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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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Turkey moved closer to opening membership talks with the European Union after the country's prime minister assured the bloc Thursday that Ankara would pass legal reforms and end efforts to criminalize adultery.
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A bid to radically lift the number of women elected to Turkey's parliament, which has one of the lowest levels of female representation in the world, looks set to fail this Sunday.
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Turkey has been praised for its ongoing reforms but must improve Kurdish minority rights before it can join the EU, an official said.
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Turkey said on Monday it would seek  changes in the European Commission's report on its candidacy  before EU leaders meet on Dec. 17 to decide whether to open  entry talks with Ankara.
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Turkey's new president, a devout Muslim who has vowed to respect the separation of Islam and state, faces his first task Wednesday &#151; reviewing a list of possible Cabinet ministers &#151; while under close scrutiny from secularist opponents.
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Turkey cleared a hurdle on its long path toward European Union membership on Sunday when its parliament approved a new penal code which will boost women's rights and punish police more severely for torture.
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The Turkish government says it will change a controversial law restricting freedom of expression.
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Turkey is engaged in an international battle to restrict the use of  the Bosphorus Straits - one of  the world's busiest waterways .
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A month ago, Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia thought there was a decent chance she could contend for the world record in the women's 5,000-meter race at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games. But that confidence was eroded somewhat over the last couple of weeks because she had altered her training in hopes of qualifying for the World Cross Country Championships scheduled ...