Turkish president approves pro-EU, reform cabinet
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New Turkish President Abdullah Gul approved a pro-EU cabinet on Wednesday which reflected Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's desire to push ahead with stalled political and economic reforms needed to join the bloc.
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President Bush gave Turkey's bid to join the European Union a glowing endorsement on Tuesday and called the Islamic nation a "constructive bridge" between the West and the Muslim world, offering a much-needed boost to U.S.-Turkish relations.
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Turkey declared that it had fulfilled all the political criteria for membership talks with the European Union on Sunday, three days before a recommendation from the EU's executive that will give Ankara a green ...
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The Turkish Parliament on Sunday approved a sweeping revision of the country&#39;s penal code to bring it closer to European Union norms, a step aimed at enhancing the prospect of Turkish membership in the 25-nation bloc.
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's drive to get his country into the European Union won strong backing from top EU officials Friday, a week before the bloc's leaders decide whether to open membership talks.
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ANKARA, Turkey Sept. 26, 2004 - A special session of parliament approved legal reforms Sunday aimed at opening the way for Turkey to begin membership talks with the European Union after the governing party
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Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey&#39;s prime minister, has promised to continue widespread reforms after winning agreement to begin accession talks with the
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Turkey&#39;s Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been given a hero&#39;s welcome by supporters on his return home from talks with the European Union.
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ANKARA -- Turkey's top court yesterday unexpectedly backed the Islamist-rooted government's plans to hold a referendum on constitutional changes that would allow voters instead of parliament to elect presidents.
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Turkey's powerful armed forces chief paid a courtesy visit to his newly elected president on Monday following accusations the general had snubbed him because of his Islamist past.
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Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has defended plans to outlaw adultery that have outraged women's groups and raised eyebrows in the European Union, which Turkey aspires to join.
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Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday he backed the Islamist-rooted government's proposal to lift a ban on the wearing of the Islamic headscarf in universities, a move opposed by the secular elite.
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Turkey's PM returns from talks to a warm welcome and says Turkey will change markedly with EU entry in sight.
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Abdullah Gul, the new president of Turkey, approved a Cabinet yesterday that reflects Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's desire to push ahead with stalled political and economic overhauls that the country has to make to join the European Union.
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Turkey's president on Friday vetoed a newly passed constitutional amendment that would have allowed the people &#151; and not Parliament &#151; to elect the new president.
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Thousands of cheering supporters showered Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with ticker tape Saturday as he returned to Ankara from a European summit, vowing to press forward with reforms and the country&#39;s bid to join the bloc.
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ANKARA, Turkey - A special session of parliament approved legal reforms Sunday aimed at opening the way for Turkey to begin membership talks with the European Union after the governing party dropped a proposal to criminalize adultery, a plan that had upset EU leaders.    The vote came before an Oct...