EU to make Turkey demands
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The EU is to set out tough conditions for Turkey's membership, according to a leaked draft statement.
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The European Commission was set on Wednesday to give Turkey the green light to start entry negotiations with the EU, while warning there is a long and potentially bumpy road ahead.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been holding talks in Brussels ahead of a key European Union summit on Turkey&#39;s bid to join the EU.
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THE European Union has offered to start membership negotiations with Turkey, opening the way for the EUâs borders to reach Iraq and Iran, and for a poor Muslim nation in Asia to become the largest member of the Union.
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By George Parker in Brussels, Raphael Minder in Strasbourg and Bertrand Benoit in Berlin. European leaders will on Thursday hold last-minute talks to hammer out terms under which Turkey can finally embark on the road to joining the European Union.
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After meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyp Erdogan Thursday morning, EU Expansion Commissioner GÃ¼nther Verheugen is ready to recommend Europe start membership negotiation with Turkey.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 6 (IPS) - The European Commission has recommended  negotiations for Turkey to join the EU, but insisted that it  meets strict conditions.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is in Brussels to make a final pitch before next week&#39;s EU summit for the 25-nation bloc to set a date for his country to begin membership talks.
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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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The European Commission looks set to advise that Turkey's EU membership talks be partly suspended.
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EU leaders have reached an historic agreement to offer Turkey negotiations starting on October 3, 2005 to join the bloc but insisted Ankara must act towards recognising Cyprus by then.
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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 to debate it at a summit on Dec. 17 and  decide whether to open entry talks with Ankara.
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As expected, the European Commission&#39;s report on Turkey has recommended that EU membership negotiations with this country should start.
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Turkey has given human rights guarantees that set the stage for a recommendation that it should begin membership talks with the European Union, the top EU officials in charge of the negotiations said Thursday.
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Turkey plans to open a port and an airport to traffic from Cyprus, among the demands set by the European Union for Turkey to make progress in talks on membership of the bloc, EU President Finland said on Thursday.
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The European Commission's report on Turkey next week will recommend that the European Union open accession negotiations with Ankara, the German daily Bild said Sunday, quoting sources at the EU executive.
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EU enlargement chief Guenther Verheugen said Monday the moment of truth was coming for Turkey as European Union leaders prepare to decide whether to open membership talks with the mainly Muslim country.