Turkish parliament adopts new penal code to help EU entry talks
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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.
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BRUSSELS -- Turkey will have to accept tough conditions, including de facto recognition of Cyprus and a permanent brake on labor migration, to open European Union entry talks, according to a draft EU summit statement.
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The Turkish parliament convened for an emergency debate on a penal code reform set as a key condition by the European Union for possible accession talks with the Muslim country.
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The European Commission and parliament on Wednesday signalled a new more positive strategy for EU-hopeful Turkey, swapping threats for encouragement, while still seeking political 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 on Sunday approved a revision of the country&#39;s penal code, after the government dropped a proposal to criminalize adultery.
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Turkey&#39;s main opposition party will recall parliament from its summer recess on Sept. 28 to consider a revamped penal code that the European Union has linked to the start of accession talks, said Deniz Baykal, the party&#39;s leader.
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European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday on a partial freeze of Turkey's EU membership talks, in an unprecedented move to penalize Ankara for failing to normalize trade with Cyprus.
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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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European Union foreign ministers agreed on Monday on a partial freeze of Turkey's EU membership talks to penalize Ankara for failing to normalize trade with Cyprus.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 23 (IPS) - Turkey took a step closer to the European Union  Thursday after EU enlargement commissioner Guenter Verheugen said  he was âsatisfiedâ that a row over Turkey's penal code had  been resolved.
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The Turkish parliament early Thursday adopted a constitutional amendment allowing women to wear Islamic headscarves in universities, a controversial move that still had to be ratified, assembly deputy speaker Nevzat Pakdil announced.
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Turkey moved closer to winning a date for the start of European Union entry negotiations after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged to heal Turkey&#39;s diplomatic standoff with new EU member Cyprus.
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The reforms, part of Ankaraâs efforts to bring Turkeyâs laws and regulations into line with those of the European Union in order to boost its chances of being given a date to open accession talks with the bloc, are the largest overhaul of the Penal
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Turkey is preparing to amend a  controversial law on freedom of speech that has been criticized  repeatedly by the European Union and could slow EU accession  talks with Brussels.
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BRUSSELS - Jean-Christophe Filori, the spokesman of European Union (EU) Enlargement Commissioner Guenter Verheugen, said on Monday that entry negotiations between Turkey and the EU could not start unless important parts of the draft Penal Code (TCK) were
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BRUSSELS Turkey moved closer to opening membership talks with the European Union on Thursday after it said it would pass penal code reforms and was abandoning a clause that would have criminalized adultery.